Across
- 2. Translated to “Conqueror” from Spanish; Spanish explorers who led conquests of the Americas in the 15th and 16th century.
- 3. Man-made islands used by the Aztec to grow food/extend their agricultural
- 5. Spanish officals sent to govern and protect Spanish interests in the new colonies.
- 7. A tool used to determine latitude using the location of the sun/stars and horizon.
- 8. A Japanese heredity military caste, charged with protecting the shogun.
- 9. The widespread transfer of plants, animals, precious metals, commodities, culture, human populations, technology, diseases, and ideas between the “Old World” (Africa, Asia, Europe) and the “New World” (North and South America).
- 11. A grant by the Spanish Crown to a colonist in America conferring the right to demand tribute and forced labor from the Indian inhabitants of an area during the colonial period.
- 12. A triangular-shaped sail that allowed ships to sail into the wind.
- 13. An Incan system of complicated knots for recording information.
- 15. A tool that allowed sailors to determine direction without keeping sight of land.
- 18. The exclusive possession or control of the supply or trade in a commodity or service.
- 19. into the lake.
Down
- 1. A 3-mast ship that could alternate between square and triangular (lateen) sails
- 4. People born in the New World to Spanish parents; they were privileged with education and wealth but not political authority, which led to a building resentment over the centuries.
- 6. Controlled and stabilized ships.
- 7. The economic theory that trade generates wealth and is stimulated by the accumulation of profitable balances, which a government should encourage by means of protectionism.
- 10. A tool that allowed explorers to determine the altitude of the sun without looking directly into the sun, which protected their eyesight.
- 14. People born of Spanish and Amerindian/Native ancestry.
- 16. To travel around the entire planet.
- 17. The Mayan creation story.