Chapter 13 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. a small, fast ship used by Spanish and Portuguese explorers
  2. 9. a transatlantic trade network formed by Europe, West Africa, and the Americas
  3. 11. oval
  4. 12. an economic theory that a nation's wealth and power depends on the possession of precious metals, such as gold and silver
  5. 14. a group of people that settles in a new land but keeps ties to its native country
  6. 15. a Spanish conqueror who sought gold and other riches in the Americas
  7. 18. a competition
Down
  1. 1. a theory that places the Earth at the center of the universe
  2. 3. to mistreat
  3. 4. a theory that places the sun at the center of the universe
  4. 5. a system of making and selling goods in which people work in their own homes
  5. 6. a school of thought in which observation, experimentation, and mathematical reasoning replace ancient wisdom and church teachings as a source of scientific truth
  6. 7. a large farm where slaves worked to grow and harvest crops
  7. 8. a belief that one's race is better than others
  8. 10. logical method for developing and testing ideas
  9. 13. an explanation that can be tested
  10. 16. a proposed explanation for a set of facts
  11. 17. a substance from the bark of a tree that is an effective