Across
- 2. what do we call the islands just off South America
- 4. what city did Cortes ultimately take control of from the Aztecs
- 6. what do we call where the Incas lived now
- 8. what do we call the Spanish and Portuguese soldiers
- 11. what lake did Cortes' men drown in because they had so much gold
- 14. peninsula the Mayans lived on
- 15. what brand-new food did the Azetcs learn to make
- 17. what did the Incan king Huayna Capac build that made trade and travel easy
Down
- 1. what do we call the long journey from West Africa to the Americas
- 3. what was the Aztec king's name when Cortes arrived
- 5. what animal that Cortes brought had the Aztecs never seen before
- 7. what was Cortes looking for in Central America
- 9. what Incan god sent his daughter and son to help people
- 10. how did the Spanish and Portuguese get workers
- 12. what city was built because of a gold staff
- 13. Aztecs saw this bird on a cactus holding a snake
- 15. what were the streets of Tenochtitlan like
- 16. the bridge of land that links North and South America