Exploration and Colonization

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Across
  1. 2. the things that are about money and resources
  2. 3. a large group of territories controlled by a single supreme authority
  3. 9. The region known for long winters and natural harbors
  4. 10. The region known for fertile soil, and large farms relying on slave labor
  5. 12. Someone who belongs to a specific place by birth
  6. 13. The main motivations behind European exploration
  7. 15. Something that the Europeans brought to the New World that killed many natives
  8. 16. Brought by the Europeans, helped the natives to travel and hunt
  9. 17. A territory controlled by another distant country
Down
  1. 1. __________ Exchange: the exchange of goods between the Old World and the New World
  2. 4. The Ocean that separated the Old and New Worlds
  3. 5. They controlled the area along the Mississippi river from Canada to New Orleans
  4. 6. The region known for average sized farms that grew grains like wheat and barley
  5. 7. A large farm dedicated to growing cash crops that relied of slave labor
  6. 8. The study of the physical features of the earth
  7. 11. What European explorers called the American Continents
  8. 14. The religion that the Europeans wanted to spread in the New World