Discovery and Exploration of the Americas (History)

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Across
  1. 3. King ______ the Second was King of Spain
  2. 4. ______ Stuyvesant established New Amsterdam
  3. 6. Ferdinand ______ was a Portuguese navigator whose fleet was the first to circumnavigate the globe although he died in the Philippines
  4. 8. The ______ Exchange was the transfer of plants and animals between the Americas and Europe, Asia, and Africa. Diseases were unintentionally exchanged also
  5. 12. Had advantages over Native Americans such as immunity, weapons, horses, and steel.
  6. 17. Protested Columbus's claims to the new world
  7. 19. Coped with slavery by creating their own culture (expressing themselves through art and dance) but acting differently around whites and secretly (sometimes openly) rebelling
  8. 21. System that Spain established - gave settlers rights that Native Americans didn't have and the permission to treat them badly
  9. 22. King ______ the Eighth started the Protestant Reformation IN ENGLAND and split the Church of England from the Catholic Church because he wanted an annulment with his wife and the Pope refused
Down
  1. 1. ______ Eriksson: viking
  2. 2. The African ______ was the spreading of West African slaves into the slave markets of other countries
  3. 4. The Middle ______ was the passage the slaves endured from Africa to America
  4. 5. Indian woman who helped Cortes win allies against the Aztecs
  5. 7. The Treaty of ______ prevented war between Spain and Portugal and moved the Line of Demarcation 800 miles further west
  6. 9. Big farms for one crop
  7. 10. The advantage of viking ______ was that they were more stable (could travel better on rough seas) and had a low draft (so they could travel through shallow water)
  8. 11. Left Cuba to sail to present day Mexico: conquered the Aztecs
  9. 13. means "big rock" - Cartier (FRENCH) sailed down the St. Lawrence River until he ran into a big rock
  10. 14. Device that enabled navigators to learn their ship's location by charting the position of the stars
  11. 15. Prince Henry the ______ established an amazing school/organization to find a route to Asia. Never set out on a voyage himself
  12. 16. Portuguese designed ship that improved sailing tremendously
  13. 18. Martin ______ started the Protestant Reformation worldwide. The printing press greatly helped him
  14. 20. Jacques ______ was a French sailor that led France's exploration of North America