Age of Exploration Matrix

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Across
  1. 2. Portuguese explorer who discovered South America was a new world, not part of Asia
  2. 3. This instrument allowed sailors to track direction
  3. 7. Spanish conquistador who claimed Florida for Spain
  4. 9. Type of new ship that could cross 3,000 miles of ocean and return home
  5. 10. Maria The name of Columbus' third ship
  6. 12. Portuguese explorer who claimed Brazil for Spain
  7. 13. This instrument allowed sailors to determine from which direction the wind was blowing
  8. 15. This allowed ships to explore close to shore
  9. 16. This instrument replaced an older tool because it could determine longitude as well as latitude
  10. 18. Portuguese explorer who found a direct sea route to India
  11. 19. The name of Columbus' second ship
  12. 20. Triangular sails allowed ships to travel this way
  13. 21. Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztecs
Down
  1. 1. The name of Columbus' first ship
  2. 4. Main reasons for European exploration
  3. 5. royal who founded a navigation school in 1419
  4. 6. Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas
  5. 8. Portuguese explorer who sailed around the southern tip of Africa
  6. 11. Portuguese explorer whose expedition was the first to circumnavigate the globe
  7. 14. Italian sea captain sailing for Spain who thought he had reached the East Indies in 1492
  8. 17. This instrument allowed sailors to calculate latitude