Spanish Colonization in the Americas Crossword Puzzle

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.