The Age of Discovery

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Across
  1. 4. The leg of the triangular trade route on which slaves were transported from Africa to the Americas
  2. 5. Explored for Spain; sailed west from Spain and discovered the modern day Caribbean
  3. 6. British Queen; she defeated the Spanish at the Battle of the Spanish Armada and funded voyages to establish British colonies in the New World
  4. 7. Portuguese prince who established schools of navigation and funded expeditions throughout the 15th Century
  5. 9. Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztecs in modern day Mexico
  6. 11. Portuguese explorer who was the first to circumnavigate the world
  7. 14. policy by which a nation sought to export more than it imported in order to build its supply of gold and silver
  8. 17. Trade route between the Americas, Europe, and Africa. Carried the Columbian Exchange
  9. 20. An astronomical instrument used to find latitude using the altitude of the Sun or Stars
  10. 22. movement away from ones own homeland
Down
  1. 1. Portuguese explorer who became the first person to sail around Africa and reach India
  2. 2. A tool using a magnetic needle that points to the magnetic north pole. Used during exploration to help navigate on the open oceans
  3. 3. Goods and ideas traded between the Old World (Europe, Asia, Africa) and the New World (the Americas)
  4. 8. original or native inhabitants of a country or region
  5. 10. American empire that existed between 1325-1521 AD. Located in Central America (Mexico), this civilization was known for its planned city of Tenochtitlan.
  6. 12. large estate run by an overseer and worked by laborers who live there (slaves)
  7. 13. Spanish explorer who sailed to Peru and conquered Atahualpa and the Incas
  8. 15. The forced movement of Africans to the Americas to work as slaves on plantations in the New World
  9. 16. French explorer credited with naming Canada
  10. 18. American empire that existed between 1438-1533 AD. Located in South America (Peru), this civilization was known for their long road system
  11. 19. settling territory that is ruled by people from another land
  12. 21. British privateer who helped England defeat Spain in the Battle of the Spanish Armada