Age of Exploration Crossword Review

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