Exploration and Contact

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Across
  1. 2. one of the Three G’s that motivated European exploration
  2. 3. explorer who realized the Americas were not Asia
  3. 5. one of the Three G’s that motivated European exploration
  4. 7. author who described the cruelty of the slave trade
  5. 8. reason Europeans wanted a new route to Asia
  6. 11. explorer sent to protect Spanish gold fleets in Florida
  7. 13. Native Americans believed this could not be owned or sold
  8. 14. country that claimed Florida and much of the Americas
  9. 15. major trade item of French and Dutch colonies
  10. 16. lack of this caused Native Americans to die from European diseases
  11. 18. transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between Europe and the Americas
Down
  1. 1. explorer who sailed west to find a new route to Asia
  2. 4. an economic system where colonies exist to benefit the mother country
  3. 5. one of the Three G’s that motivated European exploration
  4. 6. major cause of Native American deaths after European contact
  5. 9. driven by desire for wealth, religion, and fame
  6. 10. reason Native American cultures were diverse
  7. 12. peninsula discovered and named by Spanish explorers
  8. 15. country that controlled parts of North America and engaged in fur trade
  9. 17. route in Triangular Trade that transported enslaved Africans