Arrival to the Americas

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Across
  1. 3. Transfer of goods, ideas, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds
  2. 8. Natural protection Indigenous peoples lacked against European diseases
  3. 9. Staple crop introduced to Europe from the Americas
  4. 11. Region where Columbus first landed
  5. 12. Animals brought by Europeans to the Americas
  6. 13. Another of Columbus’s ships
  7. 14. Indigenous people encountered by Columbus
Down
  1. 1. Largest ship on Columbus’s first voyage
  2. 2. Country that sponsored Columbus’s journey
  3. 4. Italian explorer who sailed for Spain
  4. 5. One of Columbus’s three ships
  5. 6. Deadly disease brought by Europeans to the Americas
  6. 7. Precious metal sought by Europeans in the New World
  7. 10. Ocean crossed by Columbus to reach the Americas