The Spanish Conquest

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Across
  1. 3. major hurdle between Cortes and the Aztec leaders
  2. 6. Aztec god whose return was linked to Cortés’ arrival
  3. 9. The Spanish had this weapon the Aztecs had never seen before
  4. 10. When an army surrounds a city and cuts it off from help.
  5. 11. Aztec emperor who met Cortés.
  6. 13. Deadly disease brought by the Spanish that killed many Aztecs.
  7. 14. illness that devastated the Aztecs
Down
  1. 1. Aztec capital city conquered in 1521.
  2. 2. Language spoken by the Aztecs.
  3. 4. Interpreter who helped Cortés communicate with the Aztecs.
  4. 5. Spanish leader who arrived in Mexico in 1519.
  5. 7. Aztec enemies who allied with the Spanish.
  6. 8. Spanish word meaning “conqueror.”
  7. 12. Small city-states resented the Aztecs for having to pay this