16.1 European Exploration Begins

3. The birthplace of Christopher Columbus.
5. A rocky headland on the Atlantic coast of the Cape Peninsula.
7. One of the three ships used by Columbus on his first voyage.
8. Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama landed here in India.
9. Continent whose coast was explored by the Portuguese, leading to the slave trade.
11. Italian explorer America was named after.
13. Ocean reached by Balboa, named the South Sea initially.
14. King of Portugal who was Henry the Navigator's father.
15. Muslim inhabitants of the Maghreb, the Iberian Peninsula, Sicily, and Malta during the Middle Ages.
16. The month in which Columbus reached the Caribbean islands.
17. A series of religious wars sanctioned by the Latin Church in the medieval period.

1. Queen of Castile who sponsored Columbus's voyage.
2. Continent explored by Amerigo Vespucci.
4. A navigator and a driving force behind the Age of Discoveries.
5. The act of sailing around something, often used in the context of sailing around the world.
6. Isthmus where Vasco Nunez de Balboa discovered the Pacific Ocean.
10. A period in European history from the 5th to the late 15th century.
12. Country for which Balboa claimed all discovered lands.
16. A large body of salt water that covers about 71% of the Earth's surface.
17. A rich Muslim trading city captured, marking the start of Portuguese exploration.