Spanish Conquistadors of the Americas

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Across
  1. 2. a country in Southwestern Europe, bordering Spain
  2. 5. Spanish explorer and cartographer known for his expeditions along the California coast in the early 17th century, found Monterey Bay
  3. 6. a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, named for its flowers
  4. 12. an ancient civilization that established their empire in the Andes mountains of South Americ
  5. 14. a Spaniard who founded St. Augustine, Florida
  6. 15. a Native American civilization that dominated central Mexico from 1300 to 1521
  7. 17. Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire
  8. 21. a Spanish explorer and conquistador who participated in the conquests of Central America and Peru and discovered the Mississippi River
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  1. 1. Spanish explorer of the North American Southwest whose expeditions resulted in the discovery of many physical landmarks, including the Grand Canyon
  2. 3. political unit having a territory of great extent or a number of territories or peoples under a single ruler
  3. 4. Spanish or Portuguese explorers and soldiers who came to the Americas looking for land, adventure, and gold
  4. 7. Spanish explorer who first set foot on land that would become Texas in 1528
  5. 8. the first European to explore the California coast including San Diego
  6. 9. the exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and culture between the Old World and the New World that began in 1492
  7. 10. the ability not to be affected by something, especially negatively
  8. 11. a place, typically one that people have not lived before, where people establish a community
  9. 13. Built in the 16th century by the Spanish on the ruins of Tenochtitlan, the old Aztec capital
  10. 16. an area including Mexico, much of Central America, parts of the West Indies, from California to Florida, and the Philippines
  11. 18. a city on the northeast coast of Florida, the oldest city in the U.S
  12. 19. founded the oldest settlement in Puerto Rico and landed on the mainland of North America, a region he dubbed “Florida.”
  13. 20. the act of taking control of a country or city through force