Chapter 7: Age of European Exploration

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Across
  1. 1. Indians who lived in the Southwest region of North America
  2. 5. Italian explorer who journeyed to the Far East and published the record of his experiences
  3. 7. Cuzco was the capital of this empire
  4. 10. missionary to the Indians
  5. 12. English explorer who traveled around the world
  6. 13. Spanish explorer whose crew traveled around the world
  7. 15. first to find a trade route to India
  8. 16. Portuguese ruler set up a school for navigation
  9. 17. Aztec leader who was stoned to death by his own people for encouraging them to submit to Corteś
  10. 18. belts of consistent winds that blow from east to west
  11. 20. The king and queen who financed Christopher Columbus's voyage
Down
  1. 1. conquistador who defeated the Incas
  2. 2. empire who made many discoveries in astronomy and mathematics
  3. 3. conquistador who defeated the Aztecs
  4. 4. Indians that made eaethen mounds as graves or temple sites
  5. 6. Atahualpa was the ruler of this Indian empire
  6. 8. Francis Xavier was a Jesuit missionary to this country
  7. 9. explorer who gave the Pacific Ocean its name
  8. 11. sailed west in 1492 and discovered a new continent
  9. 12. first to find a route around Africa
  10. 14. mythical Christian king that explorers searched for in Africa
  11. 19. Spanish explorers who brutally destroyed Indian civilizations