Columbus & Early Settlers

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Across

  1. Ill treatment, _____________ and a drastic drop in the birthrate as a result of this disruption also contributed to the dying off of the indigenous people. (12)
  2. Europeans brought with them chronic infectious ________________ (8)
  3. Queen Anacaona was captured by the Spanish and ____________ in front of her people (8)
  4. On the eastern side of the island ________________ was established by Columbus (10)
  5. 19 days later, his ship the _________ ran aground near the present site of Cap-Haïtien (11)
  6. The indiginous population of the Caribbean did not have _________________ against these diseases. (8)
  7. The Spaniards exploited the island for its __________. (4)
  8. Those refusing to work in the mines were killed or sold into ____________. (7)
  9. ___________ was forced to leave behind 39 men (8)

Down

  1. La Navidad was destroyed the local ____________ people (10)
  2. Columbus claimed the island for _____________ (5)
  3. These diseases were new to the _________________. (9)
  4. ___________ Columbus landed at Môle Saint-Nicolas on 5 December 1492 (11)
  5. The men left behind by Columbus founded the settlement of ______________ (10)
  6. One of the earliest leaders to fight off Spanish conquest was Queen __________________ (8)
  7. Queen Anacaona, a princess of Xaragua, married _____________ (7)
  8. After the destruction of LaNavidad, Columbus moved to the ____________ side of the island (7)
  9. The gold was mined mainly by the ________________ under orders of the Spanish (11)
  10. To this day, Anacaona is revered in Haiti as one of the country's ________________ . (8)


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