10.2 Early European Exploration
Across
- 1. The Spanish expedition led by Alvaro de Mendaña offended the islanders of the Solomon Islands when they used force instead of trying to ________ with them.
- 4. Mapmakers believed in the existence of a vast southern land to balance the world, based on the writings of the early Greek astronomer ________.
- 5. The settlers on Mendaña's second expedition, including his wife Doña Isabel, brought their own supplies, including animals, water, oil, and ________.
- 7. Within one hundred years of Columbus's discovery, Europeans turned their attention to lands across the ________ Ocean.
- 8. Alvaro de Mendaña's second expedition in 1595 aimed for the Solomon Islands but ended up discovering the ________ Islands.
- 10. In 1567, the viceroy of Peru commissioned an expedition to find the great land spoken of by the Incas, which led to the discovery of the ________ Islands.
Down
- 2. Tasman's second expedition in 1644 mapped parts of the western coastline of ________, naming it New Holland and marking the end of Dutch exploration due to limited resources.
- 3. Abel Tasman, on his 1642 Dutch expedition, discovered the island now named ________ and encountered the shy islanders.
- 6. Mendaña's second expedition decided to settle on an island named ________, where fever spread among the settlers, resulting in many deaths.
- 9. The islanders of the Marquesas were initially friendly, but conflicts arose when they began to ________ supplies from the Spanish crewmen.