Spanish Colonization

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Across
  1. 5. primary reason american indians died off.
  2. 7. primary reasons to explore the Americas.
  3. 9. settlements run by catholic priests.
  4. 12. forts where soldiers lived.
  5. 13. Dictate how the colonies should be organized.
  6. 16. towns
  7. 17. The ruler of the aztec empire of mexico.
Down
  1. 1. owners of land gold and silver mines.
  2. 2. cleaver
  3. 3. trade of enslaved africans across the atlantic ocean.
  4. 4. people of mixed spanish and indian background.
  5. 6. Conquerors of the americas.
  6. 8. To stop briefly because of nervousness.
  7. 10. people who settled in american against their will.
  8. 11. people born in the americas to spanish parents.
  9. 14. name given to the americas after its conquest.
  10. 15. influenced spanish exploration in the north.