Across
- 5. - instrument used to determine latitude while at sea
- 9. - a series of trade routes connecting Europe to China
- 10. - larger ship that made longer travel possible
- 12. - motivation for wanting to cut out the middle man, profit
- 13. - motivation for spreading their religion
- 15. - first to sail to the Americas from Europe
Down
- 1. - tells you what cardinal direction you are facing
- 2. - first to sail to India from Portugal
- 3. - opened school for sailors in Portugal
- 4. - determines the distance between two objects according to something in the sky
- 6. - motivation for obtaining power through discovery
- 7. - Europeans took new interest in writing, art, science, and ideas
- 8. - merchant who traveled to China and wrote about his travels
- 11. - sailed to the tip of Africa from Portugal
- 14. - allowed for carrying of personal firearm