Across
- 3. in 1513 ponce discovered the coast of present day Florida.
- 6. what did the Spanish system establish to reward the settlers for their service ?
- 8. Settlers from spain were called ____ .
- 9. what explorer set out to explore the north America southwest
- 10. what priest said that the Spanish should try to convert to native Americans to christianity ?
Down
- 1. in 1540 while in present day alabama de soto encountered the ______ people.
- 2. the Spanish operated many_____, large farms that grew just one type of crop.
- 4. Mexico, what other countries help Spain's empire grow?
- 5. In 1528 explorer ____________ joined a conquistador panfilo de Narvaez on expedition to north America.
- 7. which group of people discovered the southwestern United States