Age of Exploration

8. He went on several voyages to the Americas and America was named after him
9. Country that Columbus discovered in 1492
11. Spanish sailor who sailed to the "New World" in 1492
12. Largest killer of Native Americans in the Spanish colonies
15. Portuguese explorer who was the first to explore the southern tip of Africa
17. Aztec ruler who ruled during the time of Cortes' arrival.
19. Individuals who were born from a European and Native American in Latin Americas
21. Spanish Conquistador who led 500 troops to Tenochtitlan and conquered the Aztec Empire.
22. Individuals who were born from a European and African in Latin Americas
23. Exchange of plants, animals, materials, and diseases between America and Eurasia
24. System used by Spanish authorities that allowed them to draft laborers to silver mines
25. of Tordesillas The treaty signed by Spain and Portugal which split the western lands down a line of Demarcation from North to South

1. Trade route that connected Europe, Africa, and Asia
2. Spanish explorer who persuaded the King to finance his journey to Asia
3. Part of the Triangular trade where slaves were shipped to the Americas
4. Decree by Queen Isabella which declared that Spanish settlers could use native Americans as workers.
5. Region of South America that Portugal ruled over during the 1500's
6. Spanish Conquistador who landed in South America and destroyed the Inca's with an outbreak of smallpox
7. The three reasons for Europeans to start exploring the new lands
10. Spanish or Portuguese people who had been born in the Americas
13. First permanent English settlement in the Americas
14. Spanish Conquerors whom traveled to the "New World" and conquered the natives using guns, swords and skill.
16. Payments that governments gave out to new industries in the New World to encourage exports
18. Country of where the Age of Exploration began
20. Top social class of Latin America who were Spanish or Portuguese officials from Europe