Age of Exploration

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Across
  1. 3. The economic system between the colonies and their parent country
  2. 7. Africa, the Americas, and this continent were a part of the triangular trade
  3. 9. The Nina, Pinta, and _____ were the names of Columbus's ships
  4. 11. The # of ships Spain gave to Columbus
  5. 15. Conquered the Aztecs
  6. 17. Christopher Columbus was from this country
  7. 19. The term for Spanish "conquerors"
  8. 20. God, glory, and this were motives for exploration
  9. 22. The Treaty of this set the line of demarcation
  10. 25. The child of a European + an African slave
  11. 26. Native laborers who worked in mines
  12. 27. This system allowed Spanish settlers to use natives as laborers
  13. 28. The country where Magellan was killed
Down
  1. 1. The line of __ separated regions to be explored between Spain and Portugal
  2. 2. This attracted explorers to Asia
  3. 4. The descendants of two Spanish American parents
  4. 5. The planting of this crop led to a demand for more slaves
  5. 6. Aztec emperor that welcomed in Cortes and his men
  6. 8. The ship journey slaves endured from Africa --> Americas
  7. 10. The Americas was nicknamed this
  8. 12. This group conquered Canada and the Louisiana Territory
  9. 13. The #1 trade item exchanged for slaves
  10. 14. The top of the social class in Spanish colonies
  11. 16. Conquered the Incas
  12. 18. The child of a European + Native American
  13. 21. Founded the Cape of Good Hope
  14. 23. The country Columbus sailed for
  15. 24. The disease that was the main killer of Native Americans
  16. 25. This Ferdinand's crew was the 1st to circumnavigate the world