Spanish Colonization in the Americas Crossword Puzzle
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QUESTIONS LIST:
- encomienda: a system used by spain in which a conquistador was rewarded with the labor of conquered peoples.
- aztec: what the spanish called the empire that ruled what is now central mexico.
- columbus: the genoan explorer who lead the first europeans to land in the americas.
- constantinople: when this city was taken over by the ottoman empire, europeans needed to find a new way to get spices.
- silk road: the system of trade between europe, the near east, and asia.
- tenochtitlan: the capital city of the aztec empire.
- cortes: the spanish conquistador who led the conquest of the aztec empire.
- taino: the main tribe that columbus encountered on his first expedition.
- reconquista: the period of time when european powers reclaimed land from muslim powers.
- spices: the major products that europeans imported from asia and the americas.
