Exploration and Discovery

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  1. 4. explorer credited with discovering the Americas
  2. 5. English explorer hired by the Dutch to find a shorter route to the East
  3. 7. leader of Jamestown
  4. 9. a Roman Catholic frier who minister to the Indians
  5. 11. Spanish conquistador who explored Mexico and defeated the Aztec people
  6. 13. economic system where goal was to advance wealth in addition to acquiring wealth
  7. 16. the ship design used by early explorers
  8. 17. name Magellan gave an ocean, meaning "peaceful"
  9. 18. term used to measure the distance along the equator
  10. 19. line used to divide the Atlantic Ocean for Spain and Portugal's conquests
  11. 20. the dominant economic system practiced during the Age of Exploration
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  1. 1. World traveler who traded with Mongol Emperor Kublai Kahn and wrote a book about his travels
  2. 2. term for assistant kings who helped rule over Spanish territories in the New World
  3. 3. explorer selected by the king of Portugal to explore around the Cape of Good Hope
  4. 6. man who North and South America where named after
  5. 8. king of the Aztecs who welcomed Spanish conquistadors
  6. 10. a navigational tool originally made of with a bowl of water and reed or cork
  7. 12. known as the "navigator" he started a school for navigation in his kingdom
  8. 14. first English settlement in the New World
  9. 15. known as the "Father as New France" who helped colonize areas of Canada