Ch2 - Crossword Labs

5. A town in the Spanish-ruled lands.
8. Italian explorer sent by the English to find the Northwest Passage.
13. New York City’s name under colonial Dutch rule.
14. Portuguese explorer who set out to circumnavigate the world: Ferdinand ______________.
16. English explorer who sailed for the Netherlands in the attempt to find the Northwest Passage
17. People with one Spanish and one Native American parent
20. People born in the Americas whose parents were Spanish.
21. A religious community where farming was carried out and Native Americans were converted to Christianity.
22. Spanish explorer in the Americas during the 1500s.

1. Portuguese explorer who was the first European to reach India
2. An instrument used to plan a course, using the stars.
3. A fort in colonial Spanish America
4. Spanish explorer who conquered the Inca empire in Peru: Francisco ____________.
5. A journey to a holy place.
6. People who were born in Spain
7. Spanish explorer who gave Florida its name
9. Where Muslims pray
10. The name of the first European settlement in North America
11. Related to the culture of ancient Greece and Rome
12. A point of land that sticks out into water, much like a peninsula.
15. “Rebirth” in French.
18. Resistance, such as to disease.
19. Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztec empire in Mexico: Hernan __________.