Across
- 4. Country that hired Christopher Columbus
- 6. Movement of plants, animals, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds
- 9. Continents of North and South America discovered after 1492
- 11. The study of the Earth's landscapes, environments, and the relationships between people and their environments.
- 12. Country that used conquistadors to take gold from natives by force
- 13. Spanish soldier-explorer who conquered native peoples
- 14. First European explorer to discover the New World
- 15. What continent was Christopher Columbus was looking for a shortcut to?
- 16. Nation that would eventually grow into the United States
Down
- 1. Area that England mainly colonized
- 2. The process of claiming, settling and controlling new lands
- 3. Finding something previously unknown to your culture or group
- 5. Continents of Europe, Africa, and Asia
- 7. Negative effect of the Columbian Exchange
- 8. Nation that tried to work with native populations
- 10. Where Spain mainly colonized
- 12. Nation of the big three that was the cruelest to native populations