Exploration and Colonization

2. any country that controls other lands that are not traditionally part of it
5. an Italian explorer who is credited with discovering the Americas in 1492
6. goods made in another country and sold in the first country
8. a highly contagious and deadly disease brought to the Americas by European explorers, causing devastating epidemics among indigenous populations
9. the central controlling country
12. a Spanish explorer who is known for being the first European to reach the Pacific Ocean by crossing the Isthmus of Panama in 1513
14. a pure raw resource that we get from nature
16. set of economic ideas about how a country can get rich
18. the Americas discovered by European explorers in the late 15th and early 16th centuries
19. Magellan: a Portuguese explorer who led the first expedition to circumnavigate the Earth in the early 16th century
20. a group of English Protestants who sought religious reform and established colonies like the Massachusetts Bay Colony

1. a trade system between Europe, Africa, and the Americas involving the exchange of goods, including slaves, during the colonial period
3. the exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Old World and the New World following Columbus's voyages
4. good made within the country and sold out to other countries
7. the act of traveling and investigating new territories for various purposes, including trade, conquest, and expansion
10. the establishment and maintenance of settlements, often by a foreign power, in a newly discovered or conquered territory
11. a disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin C, common among sailors during long voyages, which had a significant impact on early exploration
13. things that are man-made
15. Spanish and Portuguese explorers and conquerors who played a significant role in the colonization of the Americas
17. the lands or territories the mother country controls