Across
- 2. The name of the Spanish explorer who conquered the Incan Empire
- 4. The first to explore Florida searching for the Fountain of Youth
- 6. This is a place that the Spanish focused on converting Native peoples to Christianity
- 7. This is a place that the Spanish focused on towns and areas to trade with Native peoples.
- 8. The number of mythical cities of gold, Coronado was searching for in New Mexico
- 10. This passage allowed for a water route between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Down
- 1. This is a place that the Spanish focused on military protection (forts).
- 2. This is the position of the most power in the Encomiendas
- 3. Another name for a plantation, a place of cash crop production and harsh labor
- 5. A person appointed to rule an area for the King and Queen of Spain
- 9. The man who claimed Canada for the French
