Our puzzling history| chpt 2

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Across
  1. 3. northern Europeans
  2. 4. place of worship for muslim religion
  3. 6. Explored Eastern Africa and created trading stops for future ships
  4. 8. An agreement to move the line farther west
  5. 14. Hired by Spain to find a route around South America to Asia
  6. 15. an area with an abundance of gold
  7. 20. one of the ships Colombus took
  8. 21. navigational instrument using stars
  9. 22. leader of Portugal
  10. 24. first person to “discover” the Americas
Down
  1. 1. Mapmaker, America was named after him
  2. 2. an imaginary line running down the middle of the Atlantic ocean to the south pole
  3. 5. explored the southern tip of Africa
  4. 7. journey to a holy place
  5. 9. The application of scientific discoveries for practical use
  6. 10. First European to see the pacific ocean
  7. 11. Went to far West and hit land in what is now Brazil
  8. 12. A period of intellectual and artistic creativity or “rebirth”
  9. 13. named the southern tip of Africa the cape of good hope
  10. 16. book written by Marco polo about his travels
  11. 17. 17 year old explorer
  12. 18. a larger and sturdier sailing vessel
  13. 19. to sail around the world
  14. 23. narrow sea passage
  15. 24. Study of Greece and Rome