Across
- 6. the treatment of people as property. People who are denied freedom in this way are said to be enslaved.
- 11. the exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and people across the Atlantic Ocean between Europe and the Americas
- 13. for a limited, often short-term, period of time
- 15. to have a direct effect on a person or thing
- 17. a people’s identity and way of life, including customs, food, dwellings, family structure, ethics, and health/medicine
- 19. a specialized method used to achieve a desired result
- 20. Spanish soldiers who accompanied ship captains and merchants in the Americas.
- 21. good at finding ways to solve problems
- 22. to be most noticeable within a group
Down
- 1. a vast, treeless plain in the arctic regions with very cold winters, cold summers, and little rain or snow
- 2. plants or animals that live and breed in a human environment; tame
- 3. French fur trappers who learned many skills from the Indigenous people with whom they worked and lived
- 4. people who travel to a territory or community in order to convert people to their religion
- 5. useful material found in nature, including water, vegetation, animals, and minerals
- 7. to change in order to adjust to a new condition or environment
- 8. region an area in which a group of people share a similar culture and language
- 9. all of the physical surroundings in a place, including land, water, animals, plants, and climate
- 10. to change in order to improve
- 12. to change a person’s religious beliefs so they accept a different or new religion
- 14. to move from one place and establish a home in a new place. A move of a large number of people is called a migration, and the people who move are called migrants.
- 16. a new settlement or territory established and governed by a country in another land
- 18. a violent action in opposition to a government or law