Chapter 1 US History

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Across
  1. 3. Spanish explorers and conquerors
  2. 6. Best-known city in the US with French heritage
  3. 8. Created a school for navigators
  4. 15. America was named after this explorer
  5. 16. Conqueror of the Incas
  6. 17. Spanish ruler defeated by a pirate and a storm
  7. 18. Leader of the Aztecs
  8. 19. First European to reach the Pacific Ocean
  9. 21. Viking who landed in North America around 1000 A.D.
  10. 22. Conquered by Hernando Cortes
  11. 23. Period of wars between the Christians and the Moslems
  12. 24. Movement in the 1300s that emphasized the abilities of mankind
  13. 25. He Led a three-year expedition around the world
Down
  1. 1. Defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588
  2. 2. Introduced the movable-type printing press
  3. 4. European country that sponsored Columbus's voyages
  4. 5. French explorer who discovered the St. Lawrence River
  5. 7. French settlement established by Samuel de Champlain
  6. 9. The supposed water route through North America to the Pacific
  7. 10. Religious movement in the 1500s that greatly influenced the colonists of North America
  8. 11. First European to travel the length of Asia
  9. 12. Roman Catholic monk who started the Protestant Reformation
  10. 13. Discovered the New World by accident
  11. 14. Queen of England who supported pirates
  12. 20. French Protestant settlers who were avoiding religious persecution