Vocab Age of Exploration

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