England, France, & Spain in the New World

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Across
  1. 7. a series of trade routes from Europe to Asia, where goods such as gold, silk, and spices could be traded
  2. 8. another word for rebirth
  3. 10. Spanish explorers sent to the New World to conquer and then rebuild
  4. 11. rumored to be found in the New World; bathing in this made someone young forever
  5. 13. this wiped out more Native Americans that anything
  6. 14. explorer who set out to find a cheaper, faster, safer way to get to Asia
  7. 17. Where Columbus originally believed he landed
Down
  1. 1. queen of Spain who expected Columbus to spread Christianity to people in Asia (if he made it there)
  2. 2. reasons/motivations for the conquistadors to go to the new world
  3. 3. Spanish king who paid for Columbus's voyage
  4. 4. came to the New World and made money off the fur trade (especially beaver fur)
  5. 5. Bartolome de las Cases scolded the Spanish for using Native Americans as slaves and said slaves should come from this place instead
  6. 6. Aztec city that was destroyed by the Spanish
  7. 9. Tried to make a colony in the New World, but it failed miserably
  8. 12. powerful Native American tribe who were almost completely wiped out by the Conquistadors
  9. 15. a phrase we'd use to talk about "merchandise" or "merchant"
  10. 16. natives that Columbus brought back as slaves to the king and