Exploration Review

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Across
  1. 3. English explorer known for his conflicting accounts
  2. 8. American empire in modern day Mexico
  3. 9. sail all the way around the world
  4. 11. American empire in modern day Peru South America
  5. 12. transfer of biological and cultural elements between the Americas and the Eastern hemisphere
  6. 13. Treaty dividing the world between Portugal and Spain
  7. 16. explorer who finds the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa
  8. 17. Portuguese explorer who finds route to India around South Africa
Down
  1. 1. invention allowing for the faster spread of knowledge
  2. 2. route later English and French explorers searched for in North America
  3. 4. invention that allowed ships to navigate and steer more easily
  4. 5. Explorer who sails west across the Atlantic and claimed lands for Spain in 1492
  5. 6. American empire in central America known for their calendar
  6. 7. first European to circumnavigate the globe
  7. 9. Conquistador who conquers the Aztec empire
  8. 10. Conquistador who conquers the Inca empire
  9. 14. trade route over land connecting Europe & Asia
  10. 15. Spanish explorer who reaches the Pacific by crossing central America