Age of Exploration

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Across
  1. 4. man who American continents are named after
  2. 9. what did Columbus call the natives
  3. 10. to travel the whole way around the world
  4. 11. food that originated in the NW
  5. 13. name of natives Columbus first met
  6. 15. name of the previous land route to the East Indies
  7. 18. disease spread by the Europeans in the New World
  8. 19. the man who inspired much exploration in Portugal
  9. 21. used by sailors to measure the position of the sun or stars
  10. 23. the first book printed by Gutenberg
  11. 24. his travels in the 13th century inspired future explorers
Down
  1. 1. animal brought from the New World to the Old
  2. 2. name of first settlement in the New World
  3. 3. this increased because of the printing press
  4. 5. how Columbus described the natives in the Bahamas
  5. 6. Hispaniola is made up of Dominican Republican and __________
  6. 7. Marco Polo served on his court
  7. 8. desert crossed by Marco Polo
  8. 10. what did the Europeans call China
  9. 12. motivation to explore
  10. 14. first to travel around the world
  11. 16. invented by Gutenberg in the 15th century
  12. 17. small fast ship made by the Portuguese
  13. 20. slaves from this continent were sold in the New World
  14. 22. cash crop grown in the Caribbean