Unit 4 vocabulary crossword

5. an economic situation in which a country sells, or exports more goods than it buys, or imports
6. Portuguese explorer who found a sea route to the Spice Islands by sailing around the American continent. His crew was the first to circumnavigate the world.
8. Chinese explorer and admiral during the Ming Dynasty, he led great voyages that spread chinas fame throughout asia
10. A system where the spanish crown granted the conquerors the right to forcibly employ groups of Indians; it was a disguised form of slavery
11. He mistakenly disconcerted the Americas in 1492 while searching for a faster route to India.
13. the exchange of plants, animals, and disease between the old and new worlds
14. a person of mixed ancestry(typically spanish and native american.)
15. a trade route that exchanged goods between the West Indies, the American colonies, and West Africa
16. the first permanent english settlement in north america found in east virginia

1. Spanish explorer who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima(1475-1541)
2. The first European to reach India by sea sailing around the tip of Africa
3. Spanish explorer and conquistador who led the conquest of aztec mexico in 1519-1521 for Spain
4. an economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more gods than they bought
7. A company whose stock is owned jointly by the shareholders or investors
9. a Spanish conquer
12. Part of the triangle trade that brought enslaved africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America