Native Americans

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. Someone engaged in or experienced in warfare (plural) (8)
  2. 8. The Romance language spoken in most of Spain and the countries colonized by Spain (7)
  3. 9. A ruler of the ___ (4)
  4. 11. A member of the Shoshonean people who formerly lived between Wyoming and the Mexican border but are (8)
  5. 13. Someone who travels into little known regions (plural) (9)
  6. 14. Very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency (5)
  7. 15. An arm of the Atlantic to the south of the United States and to the east of ___ (12)
  8. 16. A person who ___ or commands (5)

Down

  1. 1. Mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable (6)
  2. 2. The domain ruled by an emperor or empress (6)
  3. 3. A member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes (plural) (6)
  4. 5. A continent in the western hemisphere connected to North ___ by the Isthmus of Panama (12)
  5. 6. A person who is owned by someone (plural) (6)
  6. 7. Sweet brown treat made from cacao beans (9)
  7. 10. A town in the Andes in southern Peru (5)
  8. 12. Payment by one nation for protection by another (7)