Unit 2 WH Part 1

2. Spanish conquerors sent to claim mainland American lands[cite: 1]
6. Capital city of the Aztec Empire[cite: 1]
8. Cartier French explorer who named the St. Lawrence River[cite: 1]
10. European disease that killed millions of defenseless Aztecs[cite: 1]
11. Navigational device from China that vastly improved sea direction[cite: 1]
13. Cortes Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire in 1521[cite: 1]
14. Dias Portuguese captain whose ship was blown around Africa by ocean currents[cite: 1]

1. System Forced labor system obligating Native Americans to work for Spanish landlords[cite: 1]
3. Tool that measured star height above the horizon line to find latitude[cite: 1]
4. II Aztec Emperor who believed the fair-skinned Spaniards were gods[cite: 1]
5. Native inhabitants of the Bahamas mistakenly called "Indians"[cite: 1]
7. Columbus Italian captain who proposed sailing west into the Atlantic to reach China[cite: 1]
9. Small, maneuverable Portuguese sailing ship with cabins and storage[cite: 1]
12. Gyres Moving ocean currents that blew Dias around Africa's southern tip[cite: 1]
15. Materials Unprocessed natural resources mined or harvested to manufacture goods[cite: 1]