6th Grade Social Studies

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Across
  1. 2. English explorer looking for NW Passage for two different countries.
  2. 5. Spanish explorer who conquered the Inca empire.
  3. 6. Peninsula that was home to the Mayan Civilization.
  4. 7. Native culture area located from Canada to Gulf of Mexico.
  5. 9. Mountain range that was home to the Incan Civilization.
  6. 10. Italian explorer working for Spain who set out to travel west to get east but discovered new lands.
  7. 11. Italian explorer working for England who discovered cod-fishing off Newfoundland for England.
  8. 14. Native culture area located from southern Oregon to Baja California.
  9. 15. Spanish explorer who discovered the Pacific Ocean.
  10. 16. Native culture area located from Mississippi River to Atlantic and Canada to North Carolina.
  11. 18. Portuguese explorer working for Spain whose voyage proved the world was round.
  12. 19. Spanish explorer who was considered a failure but actually mapped out portions of SW N. America.
  13. 20. Spanish explorer who was considered a failure but actually mapped out portions of SE N. America.
Down
  1. 1. Native culture area located from Canada to southern Oregon.
  2. 3. Native culture area located from Ohio Valley to Gulf of Mexico and Texas to Atlantic.
  3. 4. Area between two mountains that was home to the Aztec Civilization.
  4. 5. Native culture area located between the Cascade Range and the Rocky Mountains.
  5. 7. Native culture area located between Sierra-Nevada and Rocky Mountains.
  6. 8. French explorer who solidified French Colonies in the New World.
  7. 12. Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztec empire.
  8. 13. Portuguese explorer who discovered the water route to India.
  9. 14. French explorer who started the fur trade for France.
  10. 17. Native culture area located in present-day AZ, NM, UT, and CO.