Chapter 5 and 6: Portuguese and Spanish Exploration

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Across
  1. 2. European mines were running of of ________ and silver to make coins, so explorers needed to find more overseas
  2. 6. To travel completely around something, such as travelling around the world
  3. 7. This explorer had the support of Spanish monarchs to claim the New World for Spain
  4. 9. The extension of power over a territory and its resources and people
  5. 10. Francis ________ was a sailor who led raids on Spanish galleons to claim their treasures for England; his actions were endorsed by Queen Elizabeth I
  6. 12. A sense of identity linked with the achievements of ones country
  7. 13. Explorers used tools such as the compass, ________, cross-staff, and back-staff to find their way across the ocean
Down
  1. 1. The first European country to become involved in organized exploration
  2. 3. The actions and attitudes of a country whose goal is to increase its power and territory
  3. 4. A system of knotted strings used to communicate and keep records in South American Indigenous cultures
  4. 5. The process of granting former colonies independence
  5. 8. Portugal took an interest in the African ________ trade, which they used to aid in working their sugar plantations
  6. 9. Because the Indigenous people did not have this, they became very sick when they caught European diseases
  7. 11. The European country that benefitted the most financially through the Age of Exploration