Age of Exploration

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Across
  1. 3. 1st European to sail to India
  2. 4. an empire that practiced Buddhism and limited contact with Europe
  3. 7. (2 words, no space) a significant result of the Columbian Exchange on the Old World
  4. 12. missionaries who spread Catholic faith to the New World
  5. 13. He funded Portuguese explorers, but did not sail himself
  6. 16. businesses that made a profit by colonization and trade during the Age of Exploration
  7. 20. the spread of livestock, crops, and disease between the Americas and Afro-Eurasia
  8. 21. he conquered the Inca Empire
  9. 22. famous architecture of the Mughal Empire
  10. 23. Europeans who came to the Americas; top of the social hierarchy
  11. 24. another term for Native American
  12. 25. he was first to get credit for circumnavigating the globe; but he died before returning to Spain!
  13. 27. a New World crop that became an important food crop in the Eastern Hemisphere after 1492
  14. 29. This empire colonized Brazil and shipped the most enslaved Africans to the New World
  15. 30. This empire colonized the most territory in Latin America
  16. 32. These TWO countries colonized most territory in North America (______&________)
  17. 33. A west African empire that practiced Islam
  18. 34. he conquered the Aztec Empire
  19. 35. 1st Englishman to circumnavigate the globe
  20. 36. A technology that Europeans learned from the Arab world; helped ships sail into the winds
  21. 37. claimed lands in Canada for France
Down
  1. 1. Although the Mughal Empire promoted Islam, most people it ruled practiced ______________.
  2. 2. A maritime technology that helped European mariners by using the stars; borrowed from Islamic world
  3. 4. the journey enslaved Africans made to the Americas
  4. 5. mixed-race people; European + Indigenous
  5. 6. a New World crop that changed European lifestyles after 1492
  6. 8. a new trade pattern in the Atlantic; slaves, sugar, and manufactured goods (guns)
  7. 9. An Islamic empire that produced ceramics and coffee
  8. 10. Spanish monarchs who sponsored the voyages of Columbus
  9. 11. Indian empire that promoted Islam, but also tolerated other religions
  10. 14. the economic policy of Europe's maritime empires; used colonies to profit from natural resources
  11. 15. a governor of Spanish American colonies
  12. 17. the ruler of Tokugawa Japan
  13. 18. His voyages led to permanant contact between Old and New Worlds
  14. 19. a disease that decimated Native Americans
  15. 26. In East Asia, this country's emperor had no power!
  16. 28. ruler of Mughal Empire; promoted religious tolerance
  17. 31. Another name for the Western Hemisphere