The Conquest Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. denied Cortes permission to explore Mexico
  2. 6. the name of the lake upon which Tenochtitlan was built
  3. 7. the main God of the Mexica; God of the Sun and God of War
  4. 9. the Emperor who was indecisive with the Spanish and was taken hostage by Cortes
  5. 12. the title of the Aztec Emperor
  6. 13. the last Aztec Emperor
  7. 14. the Spanish Conquistador who conquered the Aztecs
  8. 15. indigenous princess who helped Cortes
  9. 16. the night Cortes and his army were defeated and driven from Tenochtitlan
Down
  1. 1. Cortes's lieutenant who caused the massacre at the temple.
  2. 2. common Mesoamerican god that was prophesied by the Mexica to return
  3. 4. Spanish priest who spoke Mayan
  4. 5. the Aztec Emperor who succeeded Moctezuma but died of smallpox shortly after
  5. 8. indigenous people who allied with the Spanish against the Aztecs
  6. 10. founded in 1325 AD and became the capital city of the Aztecs Empire
  7. 11. what the Aztecs called themselves