Age of Exploration

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Across
  1. 4. The give and take of plants and animals between Europe and the Americas
  2. 7. Spanish landowners had the right, as granted by Queen Isabella, to use Native Americans as laborers
  3. 8. sailed across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain in the Santa Maria, with the Pinta, and the Niña ships alongside, hoping to find a new route to India
  4. 11. the forced voyage of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas (2 words with no spaces)
  5. 12. commonly refers to a mixed-race ancestry that includes white European and black African roots
  6. 14. soldier and conquistador best known for conquering the Incas
  7. 17. A small, fast, maneuverable ship with a large cargo hold
  8. 19. A leader in the Spanish conquest of the Americas
Down
  1. 1. best known for being the first to sail from Europe to India by rounding Africa's Cape of Good Hope
  2. 2. The capital of the Aztec empire located in present day Mexico City
  3. 3. During his reign, the Aztec Empire reached its greatest size
  4. 5. sunk all but one of his ships so his men could not return home in retreat
  5. 6. The prosperity of a nation depended on a large supply of gold and silver
  6. 9. became convinced that the newly discovered lands were not part of Asia but a “New World.”
  7. 10. A person of mixed European and Native American descent
  8. 13. became the first European to cross the Pacific Ocean
  9. 15. the first European country to begin the Age of Exploration
  10. 16. A person of European descent born in Latin American and living there permanently
  11. 18. A settlement of people linked with the parent country by trade and direct government