Aidan Thomas's age of exploration puzzle
Across
- 3. Trade, A three-way system of trade during 1600-1800s Africa sent slaves to the Americas, America sent raw materials to Europe
- 6. A territory ruled by another nation
- 7. Passage, The part of the transatlantic trade network that carried Africans from Africa to the West Indies and North America.
- 8. an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather
- 12. a person who makes maps
- 13. a regular gathering of people for the purchase and sale of provisions, livestock, and other commodities.
- 14. A small, highly maneuverable three-masted ship used by the Portuguese and Spanish in the exploration of the Atlantic.
- 15. Columbus, First explorer to discover ¨new land¨ west of Europe and Africa
- 16. A belief that a nation's real wealth was measured in its gold and silver treasure.
- 18. of Exploration, Time period during the 15th and 16th centuries when Europeans searched for new sources of wealth and for easier trade routes
- 19. to sail around the world
Down
- 1. an organized community of people with a developed culture
- 2. Pizarro, Conquered Peru for the Spanish
- 4. Exchange, The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and technologies between the Americas and the rest of the world following Columbus
- 5. A navigational instrument that shows the direction (north, south, east, west) in a frame of reference that is stationary relative
- 9. Device Used to measure the angle of the sun and the stars above the horizon
- 10. Settlers, Peninsulares
- 11. Cortes, Spanish Explorer who conquered the Aztec Empire in Mexico.
- 17. someone who buys and sells goods to earn money
- 19. A Spanish conqueror