Age of Exploration

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Across
  1. 3. A method used to measure the speed of a ship.
  2. 5. A large estate for a plantation.
  3. 8. A group of countries or lands ruled by one person or government.
  4. 9. A Spanish conquistador who led an expedition against the Aztec empire.
  5. 12. Italian explorer who discovered the New World of the Americas.
  6. 13. A treaty between Spain and Portugal dividing the new land between them.
  7. 14. Directing or guiding a ship from one place to another.
Down
  1. 1. Large estates in South and Central America used for sugar or cotton production.
  2. 2. When one country takes over another, sending its people and culture there.
  3. 4. A ship used by the Spanish and Portuguese on long voyages.
  4. 6. To remember a historical event or person.
  5. 7. A Spanish conquistador who led an expedition against the Inca empire.
  6. 10. An instrument that used the position of the sun or stars to find a ship's latitude.
  7. 11. A disease caused by lack of vitamin C.
  8. 12. Spanish conquerors who defeated native empires in South and Central America.