Across
- 4. the ancient past, especially the period before the Middle Ages.
- 6. a Spanish conquistador, best known for his expeditions that led to the Spanish conquest of Peru.
- 9. Mesoamerican culture that flourished in central Mexico in the post-classic period from 1300 to 1521
- 13. the largest federally recognized tribe in the U.S
- 14. About the size of a chestnut, this little fruit is packed with caffeine and have a bitter taste
- 16. used in marinara sauce
- 17. a central figure in the early days of the Portuguese Empire and in the 15th-century European maritime discoveries and maritime expansion.
- 19. comes from sugarcane
- 20. known as corn
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- 1. Born in Medellin, Spain, to a family of lesser nobility
- 2. one of the three Spanish ships used by Genoan explorer Christopher Columbus in his first voyage to the West Indies
- 3. a perennial tropical grass with tall stout jointed stems from which sugar is extracted
- 5. the study of past events, particularly in human affairs.
- 7. a Mesoamerican civilization developed by the Maya peoples, and noted for its logosyllabic script—the most sophisticated and highly developed writing system in pre-Columbian Americas
- 8. a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them.
- 10. a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case
- 11. a starchy tuber of the plant Solanum tuberosum and is a root vegetable native to the Americas
- 12. an Italian explorer and navigator who completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean
- 15. seeds from a small tropical American evergreen tree, from which butter and chocolate are made.
- 18. a small, fast Spanish or Portuguese sailing ship of the 15th–17th centuries.
