Across
- 5. An imaginary line down the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, allocating lands to the east for Portugal and to the west for Spain
- 8. A French colony founded by Champlain in North America.
- 10. Portuguese explorer who led the first naval expedition from Europe to India
- 12. While searching for this elusive trade route, the French established fur trade in Canada
- 13. This British colony vanished in present day North Carolina
- 15. Spanish explorer who led the conquest of Aztec Mexico
- 16. Years before Europeans, peoples from Polynesia and Melanesia explored this body of water
- 19. Voyagers from this African state sailed the Atlantic Ocean prior to Europeans
- 20. This English Queen commissioned Sir Francis Drake to raid Spanish silver ships
- 22. Spanish adventurers who conquered Mexico, Central America, and Peru
Down
- 1. Led an expedition to sail around the Americas and across the Pacific
- 2. A Portuguese prince who devoted his life to maritime exploration
- 3. Aztec emperor who died while in custody of the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés
- 4. Funded by the Dutch East India Company, this man founded New Amsterdam
- 6. A region of West Africa named for its gold exports
- 7. Having to do with the sea as well as ocean travel
- 9. Spanish explorer who led the conquest of the Inca Empire in Peru
- 11. Last ruling Inca emperor of Peru
- 14. A 15th century Portuguese ship used to explore the west coast of Africa
- 17. A 16th century Dutch cargo ship
- 18. This was the first European group to successfully cross the Atlantic
- 21. Genoese mariner who reestablished contact between people of Americas with the Old World
- 23. Portuguese explorer who led the first trip around the southern tip of Africa
