Across
- 3. A deadly virus that causes a high fever and small blisters on the skin
- 7. An armed but privately owned ship that acts under the athroity of a government to participate in warfare; or a sailor on such ship
- 9. An area of land that includes a particular river or lake and all the bodies of water that flows into it
- 10. A Spanish conqueror who sought gold and other riches in the Americas
- 12. A person who tries to spread Christianity to others
- 13. Exchange The exchange of plants, animals, microbes, people, and ideas between Europe and the Americas following Columbus's first voyage to the Western Hemisphere
- 14. A large sailing ship used especially by the Spanish in the 16th and 17th centuries
- 15. A governor of Spain's colonies in the Americas who represented the Spanish king and queen
Down
- 1. Passage A passage by water
- 2. An economic policy that gives a country sole ownership of the trade occurring in its colonies
- 4. To travel completely around Earth
- 5. A person who holds beliefs different from the teachings of the Catholic Church
- 6. A territory governed by victory
- 8. A large plantation in a Spanish-speaking colony
- 11. To punish, particularly because of beliefs or background