World History Vocab 14
Across
- 2. A Dutch settlement at the southern tip of Africa used as a supply station for ships traveling to Asia.
- 4. A hoped-for sea route through North America to Asia that explorers searched for but never found.
- 5. A Spanish priest who spoke out against the mistreatment of Indigenous peoples in the Americas.
- 8. A Spanish explorer who explored Florida while searching for mythical riches like the Fountain of Youth.
- 9. An English explorer who searched for the Northwest Passage and explored the Hudson River and Bay.
- 11. A major trading city in Southeast Asia that controlled key spice trade routes.
- 12. An economic system where businesses are privately owned and operate for profit.
- 14. People of mixed Indigenous and Spanish ancestry in colonial Latin America.
- 16. People born in Spain who lived in the Americas and held the highest social and political positions.
- 17. A tall tropical plant used to produce sugar; it became a major crop on plantations in the Americas.
- 19. A three-part trade system linking Europe, Africa, and the Americas involving goods, enslaved people, and raw materials.
- 21. A Portuguese explorer who was the first European to sail around the southern tip of Africa.
- 22. A business where investors buy shares and share in the profits and losses.
- 23. A system where Spanish settlers were granted land and Indigenous labor in exchange for protection and Christian teaching.
Down
- 1. A Spanish explorer who traveled through the American Southwest searching for the “Seven Cities of Gold.”
- 3. A high-ranking official who ruled a colony in place of the king.
- 6. A Portuguese explorer who was the first to reach India by sea, opening a major trade route.
- 7. The global transfer of plants, animals, people, and diseases between the Americas and the Old World after 1492.
- 10. A powerful fleet sent by Spain in 1588 to invade England, which was defeated by the English navy and storms.
- 13. People of Spanish descent born in the Americas, ranking below peninsulares.
- 15. A powerful Dutch trading company that controlled trade in Asia during the 1600s.
- 18. Large areas of Spanish America ruled by officials who governed in the name of the king.
- 20. Large estates or plantations in Spanish America where crops or livestock were produced.