Age of Exploration

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  1. 1. explorer who claimed Newfoundland for England while looking for Northwest Passage (two words)
  2. 4. first explorer to sail around southern tip of Africa and enter the Indian Ocean from the Atlantic (three words)
  3. 7. policy which drove the Age of Exploration as nations searched for new sources of gold and silver
  4. 9. disease that wiped out millions of Native Americans, including entire tribes
  5. 11. first explorer to discover how to sail around the southern tip of Africa (two words)
  6. 13. La Salle claimed large regions around the Gulf of Mexico and Mississippi River for this country
  7. 15. science of making maps
  8. 18. country who hired Christopher Columbus to find quicker route to India
  9. 20. Ferdinand Magellan led the expedition to be the first to _____ (sail around) the world.
  10. 21. new type of ship with three masts; allowed European sailors to cross Atlantic Ocean
  11. 24. king and queen who paid for Columbus' voyage (write their first names only with the word "and")
  12. 25. first European to see the Pacific Ocean while exploring the country of Panama (two words)
  13. 26. item that conquistadors searched for while exploring and conquering new areas
  14. 28. A time where _____ increased enough for cross-ocean exploration to be possible is the Age of Discovery.
  15. 29. The _____ Exchange was a pattern of trade between the Americas and Europe.
  16. 30. tool allowing sailors to find locations by observing positions of stars and planets
Down
  1. 2. title of Bartolome de Las Casas as he fought against the Encomienda System
  2. 3. nickname given to Prince Henry of Portugal in recognition of his support for sailing and navigation education (two words)
  3. 5. Native American civilization who was conquered by Hernan Cortes
  4. 6. This state was a territory discovered and explored by Henry Hudson. (two words)
  5. 8. These were sent to the new world from Africa under Triangular Trade (Trans-Atlantic Trade).
  6. 10. large farms dedicated to growing cash crops; usually used slave labor to do so
  7. 12. country that dominated the sea trade route to India thanks to Da Gama
  8. 14. name given to passage that would connect the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean; does not exist (two words)
  9. 16. North and South America are named in his honor because he recognized them as a "new world". (two words)
  10. 17. a crop grown to sell; not grown to support the farmer
  11. 19. Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas (two words)
  12. 22. Spanish conquistador who discovered the Mississippi River (three words)
  13. 23. Jacques Cartier claimed much of the territory that became this country for France.
  14. 27. system allowing Spanish settlers the right to enslave native populations