Mod 10: Expansion, Exploration, and Encounters

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Across
  1. 1. The first permanent English settlement in North America, found in East Virginia.
  2. 4. A Spanish explorer who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru
  3. 6. He conquered all of the Empire of the Aztecs (very rich) He founded New Spain (Mexico), with Mexico City as the capital.
  4. 7. He claimed Brazil for Portugal in route to India.
  5. 10. An antislavery activist who wrote a famous account of his enslavement.
  6. 11. A French explorer in Nova Scotia who established a settlement on the site of modern Quebec.
  7. 12. A Portuguese explorer. In 1497-1498 he led the first naval expedition from Europe to sail to India, opening an important commercial sea route.
  8. 17. A Spanish and Portuguese explorer-soldiers in the Americas during the 16th century.
  9. 19. A French explorer who explored the St. Lawrence river and laid claim to the region for France.
  10. 21. he most famous and only Chinese naval explorer who sailed along many coasts.
  11. 22. Wife of Shah Jahan; took an active political role in Mughal court
  12. 23. One of the nomads who invaded the Indian subcontinent in the 16th century and established a powerful empire there.
  13. 24. A Portuguese explorer who in 1488 led the first expedition to sail around the southern tip of Africa
Down
  1. 2. A three way system of trade during 1600-1800s Africa sent slaves to America, America sent Raw Materials to Europe, and Europe sent Guns and Rum to Africa
  2. 3. He mistakenly discovered the Americas in 1492 while searching for a faster route to India.
  3. 5. Mughal emperor of India during whose reign the finest monuments of Mughal architecture were built including the Taj Mahal.
  4. 8. The Last ruling Inca emperor of Peru.
  5. 9. A Portuguese navigator who led the Spanish expedition who was the first to sail around the world.
  6. 13. The last Mughal emperor in India and great-grandson of Akbar
  7. 14. A Portuguese naval/military leader who ended Muslim control of the Indian Ocean trade.
  8. 15. An Italian sea captain in the service of France who searched for a Northwest Passage in 1524.
  9. 16. A Portuguese prince who started a school for sailors and sponsored early voyages of exploration.
  10. 18. A beautiful mausoleum at Agra built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favorite wife.
  11. 20. The Italian sailor who corrected Columbus's mistake, acknowledging the coasts of America as a new world. America is named after him.