Age of Exploration Crossword Review

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  1. 4. Number of voyages Columbus undertook to the New World.
  2. 8. The _____ system was a labor system set up by the Spanish that had natives work the land for the Spanish.
  3. 10. Only domesticated animal of the Incas.
  4. 11. Where Marco Polo was from.
  5. 12. Gold, God, and _________.
  6. 14. The Columbian ________ refers to the swapping of diseases, ideas, and crops between the Old World and New World.
  7. 17. Portuguese explorer who became the first European to sail across the Pacific Ocean.
  8. 18. Aztec capital city, located in modern-day Mexico City.
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  1. 1. One reason that Europeans had a stronger immunity to disease was their use of ________ animals.
  2. 2. a series of trade routes connecting the East with the West.
  3. 3. First name of Mongol leader who Marco Polo met in China.
  4. 5. Time period of renewed interest in the learning of Ancient Greece & Rome.
  5. 6. Columbus was from what country?
  6. 7. Name of Spanish Conquistador who conquered the Incas.
  7. 9. Disease the Spanish brought to the New World that wiped out the indigenous population.
  8. 13. Portuguese explorer Vasca da ____ was the first European explorer to reach India by sea.
  9. 15. European name for northern China
  10. 16. Aztec leader that confronted Cortes.