Age of Discovery

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Across
  1. 3. Last name of the explorer that sailed along the St. Lawrence River to present day Montreal claiming much of eastern Canada for France
  2. 5. A small, fast ship that allowed sailors to travel into the wind
  3. 6. A tool that helped determine latitude
  4. 8. They found the fastest sea route to India by sailing around the southern point of Africa
  5. 9. Navigator hired by the Spanish to sail around the Americas and then to Asia.
  6. 11. Last name of the explorer that sailed a river that will later be named the after him in New York and claimed land for the Dutch
  7. 14. Religious communities, to teach Christianity to the Native Americans
  8. 17. The idea that a nation’s power depended on its wealth. Countries must export more than they import.
  9. 19. Settled the new world to find religious freedom
  10. 20. After gaining their freedom from Spain, they needed a way to make money. They turned to trade and international exploration/settlement.
Down
  1. 1. This killed over 90 percent of the Native Americans
  2. 2. Explored the New World for fur trade and conquered the central part of the North America and a large part of Canada
  3. 4. Drawing/creating maps
  4. 7. Last name of the explorer that was funded by Spain to sail west looking for a closer route to trade with Asia
  5. 10. The ___________ Exchange was a global exchange of people, goods, technology, ideas, and diseases that transformed the economies of Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
  6. 12. A tool that helped determine direction
  7. 13. This is where they begin capturing slaves to bring the the Americas after the Native Americans population dies off
  8. 15. The last name of the Italian explorer that realized that Columbus had discovered a “New World” which was named after him
  9. 16. sail around the world
  10. 18. Sent explores like Columbus, de Soto, Pizzaro, and Magellan and captured all of Central America and the Western side of South America