Exploration Crossword

2. Corn was a crop that came from the _____ World.
7. _____ Trade is the trade between three ports or regions (Europe, Africa,and the Americas.)
9. The Age of ______ was a time period when Europeans explored other parts of the world.
10. A lightweight ship used by the Spanish and Portuguese.
13. A tool used by early sailors. It measured the angle between the horizon and stars.
14. This explorer was the first to circumnavigate the world.
15. Portugal and _____ were the first Europeans to explore the new world.
16. This explorer was the first European explorer to sail west in hopes of reaching Asia.

1. The exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and people from one continent to another.
3. Slave traders gathered slaves to take to the Americas from the _____ern region.
4. Europeans brought many _____ over to the new world. Over 80% of Native Americans died.
5. ______ Slave Trade. The transfer of slaves from Africa to the Americas.
6. This job on the ship was to run errands for the officers and crew.
8. The top three reasons explorers took the risk for exploration. Gold, God, and ____.
10. A tool used by early explorers to check the direction.
11. This animal came from the Old World. Native Americans used them for transportation.
12. This sail allowed sailors to sail in any direction(not just in the direction of the wind.)
17. A rebellion against authority (the capthe tain) on ship.
18. A disease sailors would get because of a lack of Vitamin C.