Exploration Crossword

5. Movement of plants, animals, people, and diseases between the Old World and the New World.
6. Led the first voyage to sail completely around the world.
9. Navigation tool used by sailors to find their location using the stars.
10. Italian explorer who sailed for Spain and reached the Americas in 1492.
11. Conquistador who defeated the Inca Empire in South America.
12. Native peoples of the American Southwest known for their adobe houses.
15. Agreement that divided newly discovered lands between Spain and Portugal.

1. Large South American empire conquered by Pizarro; located in the Andes Mountains.
2. Powerful civilization in Mexico conquered by Cortés in the early 1500s.
3. Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire in Mexico.
4. Deadly disease brought by Europeans that killed millions of Native Americans.
5. Spanish soldiers and explorers who conquered lands in the Americas.
7. First explorer to sail from Europe around Africa to India.
8. Spanish system that gave colonists control over Native labor in exchange for “protection.”
13. Explorer whose name was used for North and South America.
14. Spanish explorer who searched for the Fountain of Youth in Florida.