Great Migrations

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Across
  1. 3. From 1519 through the mid 19th century,two out of every ten Africans died during this route from Africa to the America's. What is theh name of this passage?
  2. 5. When the Spanish explorer, Vasco Nunez de Balboa landed in South America in 1513, he found a community of what people already living there.
  3. 7. Last name of the formerly enslaved African who discovered and led the first wagon train through the this pass, which bears his name today, through northern Reno, Nevada.
  4. 9. First name of the black man who sailed to the America's with Columbus on the Santa Maria.
  5. 11. Last name of the African man who accompanied Robert Peary to discover the north pole in 1909.
Down
  1. 1. Along with disease and outright murder,(blank),was among the top reasons for enslaved Africans dying during the voyage from Africa to the America's.
  2. 2. Crop that spurred the expansion of the slave trade throughout the south.
  3. 4. From 1910 through the 1971's, the Unite States witnessed the largest migration of African Americans and poor people from southern states to the north and western United States. This unprecedented movement of people is called the (what) migration.
  4. 6. Hampshire This state became a base for slaves to be imported into America then smuggled into other colonies because it did not impose a tariff on slaves.
  5. 8. Hernando (blank) relied on 300 Africans to help him defeat the Aztecs in 1519.
  6. 10. Name of the enslaved African man who journeyed with Lewis and Clark during their famous 1804 expedition.