Ch. 30 Age of Discovery

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Across
  1. 4. a narrow strip of land with water on both sides.
  2. 5. readiness to embark on bold new ventures.
  3. 6. Explored southwest route to Asia.
  4. 7. Explored Hudson River and Albany, New York.
  5. 8. Set the Line of Demarcation which was a boundary established in 1493 to define Spanish and Portuguese possessions in the Americas.
  6. 13. Spanish explorer who discovered the Pacific Ocean (1475-1519); first European to see the Great South Sea
  7. 14. discovered Newfoundland and Nova Scotia/ established claims for England
  8. 15. Explored from Florida westward to Mississippi.
  9. 16. Sailed into New York Bay.
  10. 17. discovered the Grand Canyon in search of the fabled Cities of Gold
Down
  1. 1. Sailed into St. Lawrence River and to Montreal.
  2. 2. Set up first European school for navigators / designed and built caravel / discovered islands that would be used as supple stations for future expeditions
  3. 3. Explored Peru/ conquered Incas/ built Lima, Peru
  4. 9. Disease spread by Europeans in the Americas. Led to the deaths of millions of Native Americans in North and South America.
  5. 10. sailed and discovered Florida and claimed it for Spain
  6. 11. Looked for western route to East Indies/ circumnavigated the world/ he renamed the Great South Sea to Pacific Ocean
  7. 12. a line that marks a boundary.
  8. 17. Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztecs and conquered Mexico (1485-1547); destroyed the Aztec civilization