Age of Exploration: 1400-1600
Across
- 3. the metal that Spain rich
- 4. valuable textile made by worms
- 6. to travel around the world by ship
- 8. country that financed the voyages of Columbus
- 10. religious wars that introduced Europe to Asia
- 11. European disease that devastated native population
- 12. the Navigator, Portuguese Prince
- 13. the first European country to sail to Asia
- 15. to find something new
- 18. sweet spice that grows well in the Caribbean
- 19. he conquered the Aztecs of Mexico
Down
- 1. to travel by sea
- 2. sailing ship of the late Middle Ages
- 4. for example, pepper, cinnamon, salt, sugar
- 5. trade route from Europe to China
- 7. Italian trader who wrote about Asia
- 9. to visit a place to learn about it
- 14. he conquered the Incas of Peru
- 16. he "discovered" America
- 17. also called Norsemen, first know Europeans to visit America