Across
- 3. Spanish explorers and conquerors
- 6. Best-known city in the US with French heritage
- 8. Created a school for navigators
- 15. America was named after this explorer
- 16. Conqueror of the Incas
- 17. Spanish ruler defeated by a pirate and a storm
- 18. Leader of the Aztecs
- 19. First European to reach the Pacific Ocean
- 21. Viking who landed in North America around 1000 A.D.
- 22. Conquered by Hernando Cortes
- 23. Period of wars between the Christians and the Moslems
- 24. Movement in the 1300s that emphasized the abilities of mankind
- 25. He Led a three-year expedition around the world
Down
- 1. Defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588
- 2. Introduced the movable-type printing press
- 4. European country that sponsored Columbus's voyages
- 5. French explorer who discovered the St. Lawrence River
- 7. French settlement established by Samuel de Champlain
- 9. The supposed water route through North America to the Pacific
- 10. Religious movement in the 1500s that greatly influenced the colonists of North America
- 11. First European to travel the length of Asia
- 12. Roman Catholic monk who started the Protestant Reformation
- 13. Discovered the New World by accident
- 14. Queen of England who supported pirates
- 20. French Protestant settlers who were avoiding religious persecution