Across
- 3. A system of land grants in order to encourage people to settle in the colony of "New Spain"
- 5. A type of bridge built by piling up rock or earth from the lake bed; the Aztec built these to connect Tenochtitlan to the shore
- 6. One of the religious groups that was expelled from Spain after the Reconquista
- 8. The emperor of the Aztec people at the time of the Spanish's arrival
- 10. A deadly disease the Spanish brought with them that decimated the Aztec people
- 11. The way a person sees the world, as influenced by that person's experiences and culture
- 12. The number of eras in the Aztec calendar before the current one
- 14. A common punishment in Aztec society, especially for theft or for not paying debts
- 15. A time period in Spanish history in which all non-Catholics were put on trail for heresy
Down
- 1. The leader of the Spanish conquistadors against the Aztec
- 2. The capital city of the Aztec empire and the modern-day site of Mexico City
- 4. A new ethnic group created from the intermarriage of Spanish and Indigenous people
- 7. The religious group that controlled Spain as part of an empire for nearly 800 years
- 9. The exchange of wealth and resources between members of a community, kingdom, or country
- 13. The king of Spain during the era of the Reconquista and Spanish Inquisition