Unit 3: Exploration & Colonization

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Across
  1. 5. To travel for the purpose of discovery
  2. 7. Motivations of European explorers in the New World. The 3 G's
  3. 8. Spanish conquistador
  4. 10. Legendary Seven Cities of Gold, sought by the Spanish
  5. 11. Landed in Florida and lost his ship and 100's of men. Shipwrecked near Galveston
  6. 12. British Navy Captain who reported on the wealth available in Texas
  7. 13. The act of moving to a new area
  8. 14. Set sail in 1492. Thought he landed in Asia
  9. 15. Spanish explorer born in 1510. Explored the Grand Canyon
Down
  1. 1. Place or building where religious work is done
  2. 2. Mapped Texas coast in 1519
  3. 3. Were in charge of the mission
  4. 4. Time when Spanish and French claimed land in Texas
  5. 6. The process of one nation Establishing Itself in another region of the world
  6. 9. Canoed down the Mississippi river and named the land Louisiana