Vocab Age of Exploration
Across
- 2. to carry boats over land from one waterway to another
- 5. relating to the Middle Ages
- 6. the process of exploring
- 9. a large fleet of ships
- 11. rock from which iron can be obtained
- 13. never mapped
- 15. a body's ability to remain free of illness even after being exposed to the cause of illness
- 16. a group of people who serve as representatives of their government or country
- 19. a sea route connecting the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean along the northern coast of North America
Down
- 1. a mapmaker
- 3. a large farm where one or more crops were grown by a large number of laborers; these crops were sold for a profit by the plantation owner
- 4. an area that gets less rain because it is on the protected side of a mountain
- 6. the practice of taking unfair advantage of a person or group
- 7. to travel completely around something (like the earth) especially by water
- 8. to discuss the terms of an agreement
- 10. the days available in a year to grow plants
- 12. the Spanish word for conqueror
- 14. to preserve meat, fish, or other foods by salting, drying or smoking it
- 17. cruel, unacceptable
- 18. a group of countries or territories under the control of one government or ruler (emperor)