The Early Americas & European Exploration

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Across
  1. 4. shows national & state borders, usually in color
  2. 10. first European colony in the Americas
  3. 11. Italian explorer paid by the Spanish monarchy to find an ocean route from Europe to Asia
  4. 12. war fought by the Christians to gain control of the Holy Land
  5. 14. civilization that stretched across the west coast of South America with a capital in Cusco, Peru
Down
  1. 1. The Age of ___; when people leave their homelands to search for something
  2. 2. rebirth, burst of learning and technological innovation between the 1300s and the 1500s
  3. 3. overland trade routes connecting Europe and Asia
  4. 5. person given land and title by the King in exchange for military service
  5. 6. civilization that stretched across Central Mexico
  6. 7. shows the actual landscape of a place (mountains, oceans, etc)
  7. 8. survival based on hunting & gathering food in nature
  8. 9. oldest civilization in the Americas along the Southern part of the Gulf of Mexico
  9. 13. civilization that stretched across Southern Mexico, Belize, Honduras, & Guatemala