Chapter 2: Exploring the Americas

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Across
  1. 5. First permanent settlement in the United States
  2. 9. Early Spanish explorers
  3. 12. Resistance to a disease
  4. 14. Valuable goods from the Indies sought after by European traders
  5. 16. Religious movement started by Martin Luther
  6. 18. Town or trading center
  7. 19. Economic theory that bases a nation's power on its wealth
  8. 21. Island chain where Columbus first landed
  9. 22. Queen of Spain that agreed to pay for Columbus's expedition
Down
  1. 1. Sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean to find a sea route to Asia
  2. 2. Religious community
  3. 3. Fort, usually built near a mission
  4. 4. Dutch explorer that discovered a river and a bay
  5. 6. Spanish explorer who landed on the coast of Florida
  6. 7. Island where New Amsterdam was built
  7. 8. Used by sailors to find their location at sea using the stars
  8. 9. Conquistador that conquered the Aztec Empire in Mexico
  9. 10. Spanish war fleet
  10. 11. The islands southeast of Asia
  11. 13. First name of an Italian explorer that is namesake of the Americas
  12. 15. New form of Christianity that opposed the Catholic Church
  13. 17. Used by sailors to tell which direction they were sailing
  14. 20. Conquistador that conquered the Inca Empire in Peru