Age of Exploration

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Across
  1. 4. Artificial islands used by the Aztecs to farm in Lake Texcoco
  2. 8. Explorer responsible for conquering the Aztec Empire
  3. 10. Africans were taken to the Americas using The (blank) (blank)
  4. 11. Last name of the explorer that was the first to circumnavigate the globe
  5. 12. Even though the Europeans were outnumbered, Cortes and Pizarro were able to conquer natives because they had (blank), (blank), and (blank)
  6. 14. The Aztecs believed this brutal practice kept their gods happy
  7. 15. Columbus's 3 ship names
  8. 16. This illness was used as biological warfare by European Explorers
  9. 17. Knotted string used by the Inca for data collection
  10. 20. Galileo built the first (blank) and used it to support the Heliocentric Theory
Down
  1. 1. Pattern of trade in which slaves went from Africa to the Americas, raw materials went from the Americas to Europe, and manufactured goods went from Europe to Africa
  2. 2. In order to plant crops on the side of the Andes Mountains, the Inca use (blank) (blank)
  3. 3. Scientist who used gravity to explain how objects on Earth behave
  4. 5. The (blank) and the Caravel were new inventions that made exploration via ship much easier
  5. 6. Europeans in the New World were motivated to colonize by these 3 Gs
  6. 7. The (blank) (blank) provided Europe with more food, allowing for a population boom
  7. 9. Term from the idea that all knowledge comes through experience or observation
  8. 12. The Catholic Church supported a (blank) Theory of the universe
  9. 13. Economic theory that says all wealth is limited
  10. 18. Name of the Chinese explorer sent to impress other civilization
  11. 19. The Inca built a large (blank) network for trade and travel