Age of Exploration

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Across
  1. 5. - instrument used to determine latitude while at sea
  2. 9. - a series of trade routes connecting Europe to China
  3. 10. - larger ship that made longer travel possible
  4. 12. - motivation for wanting to cut out the middle man, profit
  5. 13. - motivation for spreading their religion
  6. 15. - first to sail to the Americas from Europe
Down
  1. 1. - tells you what cardinal direction you are facing
  2. 2. - first to sail to India from Portugal
  3. 3. - opened school for sailors in Portugal
  4. 4. - determines the distance between two objects according to something in the sky
  5. 6. - motivation for obtaining power through discovery
  6. 7. - Europeans took new interest in writing, art, science, and ideas
  7. 8. - merchant who traveled to China and wrote about his travels
  8. 11. - sailed to the tip of Africa from Portugal
  9. 14. - allowed for carrying of personal firearm