Week 6: Exploration and Early Colonization

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Across
  1. 4. The Spanish king who sponsored Columbus's expeditions alongside Queen Isabella.
  2. 6. The first permanent English settlement in North America, established in 1607.
  3. 7. The sharing of plants, animals, ideas, and technology between Europe and the Americas
  4. 8. The Spanish settlement founded in Florida in 1565, the oldest permanently settled city in the continental United States.
  5. 10. The last name of Spanish explorer who reached the southern tip of Africa in 1488.
  6. 13. Last name of Spanish explorer who conquered the Inca Empire.
  7. 16. The ocean that Columbus crossed while sailing west from Spain.
  8. 17. The Native American people who helped the Pilgrims survive in Plymouth.
  9. 18. The English settlement in North Carolina that failed after a few years.
Down
  1. 1. Last name of Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztec Empire.
  2. 2. Farms where enslaved people were forced to work growing crops.
  3. 3. The period when Europeans began traveling to distant lands in search of resources and riches.
  4. 5. The Spanish explorer who claimed Florida for Spain in 1513.
  5. 9. The Native American people Columbus encountered in the Caribbean.
  6. 11. The English explorer who sailed to what is now Canada in 1497.
  7. 12. The Native American empire conquered by Hernán Cortés.
  8. 14. The three motivations for exploration: Gold, God, and ______.
  9. 15. The Native American empire conquered by Francisco Pizarro.