| CORTES | Spanish conquistador who overthrew the Aztec emperor Montezuma, d. 1547 (6) |
| MONTEZUMA | II was the Aztec emperor of Mexico killed in 1520 (9) |
| CORTEZ | Spanish conquistador who toppled Montezuma, 1519 (6) |
| BALBOA | Vasco Nunez de _, Spanish explorer, governor, and conquistador who discovered the Pacific Ocean in 1513 (6) |
| DESOTO | Spanish explorer and conquistador who in 1541 became the first European to cross the Mississippi River (2,4) |
| HERNAN | Spanish Conquistador, ___ Cortes (b.1485 - d.1547) |
| AMAZON | Second-longest river in the world, reputedly named by Spanish conquistador Francisco de Orellana (6) |
| HERNANCORTES | Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (6,6) |
| IVANIV | Grand Prince of Moscow, known 'the Terrible,' who became the first Tsar of Russia in 1547 |
| EDWARD | Henry VIII and Jane Seymour's son who was crowned at the age of nine on February 20, 1547 (6) |
| BOGOTA | Capital and largest city of Columbia, founded in 1538 by the Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada (6) |
| CASTRO | Fidel who overthrew Batista |
| OCELOT | Animal on the Aztec calendar |
| PIZARRO | Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas, d. 1541 (7) |
| ALEXANDER | ____ the Great, king of ancient Macedonia who overthrew the Persian empire (9) |
| CORONADO | Spanish conquistador who searched for the Seven Cities of Gold |
| SUNYATSEN | Revolutionary who overthrew the Qing dynasty and set up the Republic of China (3,3-3) |
| PONCE | Spanish conquistador who became governor of Puerto Rico, Juan ... de Leon |
| MENDOZA | Spanish conquistador who founded Buenos Aires in 1536 (7) |
| PETRODE | Spanish conquistador who founded Buenos Aires in 1536 (7) |
