Explorers Grade 7 Review

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Across
  1. 3. Giovanni Da Verrazzano is known for this famous structure in New York
  2. 5. received all the glory for discovering the Americas
  3. 7. Vasco da Gama was in search of a sea route to this country
  4. 8. Europeans wanted to trade Asia for this
  5. 10. Bartholomeu Dias was the first to sail around the southern tip of this continent
  6. 11. Christopher Columbus was hired King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella from this country
  7. 14. Hernan Cortes took over this empire
  8. 15. explorers used this at sea using the sun and stars
  9. 16. John Cabot claimed Canada for what country?
  10. 17. This explorer created a settlement on the St. Lawrence River
  11. 18. Leif Ericsson was this type of explorer
Down
  1. 1. Ponce de Leon named this southmost state in the US today
  2. 2. religion that Europeans wanted to spread
  3. 4. This explorer has 3 bodies of water named after him and led many Dutch settlers to New York
  4. 6. Francisco Pizarro helped to discover this ocean
  5. 9. A cartographer is known for making these
  6. 12. This passage was an all-water route to North America
  7. 13. explorer known for sailing around the world