Across
- 3. voyager sponsored by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
- 5. sailed down the coast of South America with fewer than 200 soldiers
- 6. Ocean major western body of water crossed by the Spanish
- 9. person from Spain who held a position of power in a Spanish colony
- 12. New World north and south America
- 13. Exchange / the global exchange of goods and ideas resulting from the exploration of Columbus
- 15. religious settlement run by Catholic priests
- 16. part of Columbus's voyage
- 18. capital of the Aztec empire
- 20. land
- 22. part of Columbus's voyage
- 23. land grant that included the right to demand labor or taxes from Native Americans
- 24. explorer assisted by Dona Marina
- 25. Ericson viking explorer
Down
- 1. a town in the Spanish colonies
- 2. explorers who settled in Vinland
- 3. / travel all the way around the earth
- 4. language spoken by the explorer Cortes
- 5. fort where soldiers live
- 7. / group of people who settle in a distant land but are still ruled by the government of their native land
- 8. person of mixed Spanish Indian blood
- 10. empire led by emperor Atahualpa
- 11. / conqueror
- 14. Maria largest vessel sailed by Columbus
- 17. empire led by emperor Moctezuma
- 18. point / moment in history that marks a decisive change
- 19. person born in Spain's American colonies to Spanish parents
- 21. large estate farmed by many workers