Across
- 3. Columbus's name for the inhabitants of the New World
- 5. Conquistador who conquered Peru for Spain
- 6. First English colony in the new world where the colonists mysteriously disappeared
- 7. Italian explorer who claimed in 1501 that there were new continents to the west - a "New World"
- 11. Conquistador who conquered Mexico for Spain
- 14. First European to see the Pacific Ocean, 1513
- 17. Portuguese explorer who sailed all the way to India, 1497
- 19. Versatile instrument that measures inclination, such as the height of the stars; used by navigators to determine their latitude
- 21. Islamic empire that conquered the Eastern Roman Empire in 1453, closing off the Silk Road to Europeans
- 22. Italian explorer who discovered the West Indies, 1492
- 23. Portuguese colony in the New World and the only part of Latin America where Spanish is not the main language
Down
- 1. Spanish conquistador who discovered Florida, 1519
- 2. Spanish explorer who discovered Tennessee, 1540
- 4. Magnetic instrument that points north
- 8. A type of Spanish explorer who came to conquer new lands
- 9. In 1492 this country was united when the King of Aragon and the Queen of Castille got married
- 10. Indigenous society defeated by Pizarro in Peru
- 12. French explorer who discovered the St. Lawrence River and most of Canada, 1530s
- 13. Light and maneuverable ship that can sail upwind
- 15. English explorer who charted the northern coast of Canada
- 16. 4,000-mile Eurasian trade network from China to Europe
- 18. Portuguese explorer who discovered the southern tip of Africa in 1488
- 20. Indigenous society defeated by Hernan Cortez in Mexico