Age Of Exploration

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Across
  1. 3. A central figure in the early days of the Portuguese Empire.
  2. 6. A land controlled by another nation.
  3. 7. The transatlantic trading network along which slaves and other goods were carried between Africa, England, Europe, the West indies, and the colonies in the Americas.
  4. 8. The global transfer of plants, animals, and diseases that occurred during the European colonization of the Americas.
  5. 11. An arragement of knotted strings on a cord, used by the Inca to record numerical information.
  6. 13. A person of mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry.
  7. 14. A Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico.
  8. 15. An instrument used to determine latitude and longitude.
  9. 17. An economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver.
  10. 18. The voyage that brought captured Africans to the West indies, and later to North and South America, to be sold as slaves.
  11. 19. To send a product to be sold in another country.
  12. 20. Navigation tool used to locate the sun and moon
Down
  1. 1. The right of Spanish landowners in the Americas to use Native Americans as laborers.
  2. 2. A Spanish conquistador who led an expedition that conquered the Inca Empire.
  3. 4. To bring a product into a country to be sold.
  4. 5. A 1494 agreement between Portugal and Spain.
  5. 9. The Spanish soldiers, explorers, and fortune hunters who took part in the conquest of the Americas in the 16th century.
  6. 10. A nobleman of the Portuguese royal household and was a Portuguese explorer.
  7. 12. Spanish and Portuguese officials in the new world who were born in Europe and held all the important government positions.
  8. 16. The last Aztec empotre in Mexico who was overthrown and killed by Hernando cortes.