Age of Exploration Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. JACQUES _________; Claimed Canada for the French.
  2. 3. "___________ EXCHANGE" Vast global exchange that included people, plants, technologies, and cultures.
  3. 9. God, Gold, and...
  4. 11. _____________ COLUMBUS; First explorer to discover "new land" west of Europe and Africa.
  5. 12. HERNAN _______; Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztec Empire in Mexico.
  6. 14. The first successful British colony in North America.
  7. 17. ______ DA GAMA; Discovered the southern tip of Africa and proved ships could reach Asia by sailing around Africa.
  8. 19. A belief that a nation’s real wealth was measured in its gold and silver treasure.
  9. 22. Device used to measure the angle of the sun and the stars above the horizon.
  10. 24. _____ ÁLVARES CABRAL; Explored and claimed Brazil for Portugal.
  11. 25. To sail around the world.
  12. 26. "Middle _______" The part of the transatlantic trade network that carried Africans from Africa to the West Indies and North America.
Down
  1. 1. Spanish settlers.
  2. 4. FERDINAND ________; Given credit as the first explorer to circumnavigate the world.
  3. 5. SAMUEL DE __________; Founded New France and Quebec.
  4. 6. English Protestant who rejected practices of the Church of England.
  5. 7. A map maker.
  6. 8. Set up throughout colonies to spread Christianity.
  7. 10. Spanish conqueror.
  8. 13. Land and native slaves given to the Spanish rulers.
  9. 15. In the Spanish empire, these were mixed Spanish and Native Americans near the bottom of the colonial class system.
  10. 16. Disease, perhaps the greatest weapon of the conquistadors.
  11. 18. __________ PIZARRO; Conquered Peru for the Spanish.
  12. 20. "__________ II"; Aztec king kidnapped by the Spanish and eventually killed.
  13. 21. "PRINCE ______" Set up a navigation school for Portugal.
  14. 23. Tax on imported goods.
  15. 27. Swollen bleeding gums due to lack of vitamin C.