Across
- 3. Spanish conquistador known for conquering the Inca form 1531-1533
- 6. Caribbean tribe that was mostly annihilated by the Spanish
- 15. Spanish explorer who explored the gulf coast in 1528 and was shipwrecked there
- 16. containing many kinds of people or things
- 18. business owner/manager
- 19. narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas
- 21. rebirth
- 25. calculate position of stars, sun, moon, determines latitude
- 27. trips taken with goal of exploring
- 30. conqueror
- 33. a country or area under the political control of another distant country
- 34. the scientific knowledge and tools used to solve problems
- 36. Spanish explorer who went throughout the SE of North America, one of first Europeans to see the Mississippi River
- 37. Spanish conquistador know for conquering the Aztec in 1519-1521
- 38. land said to belong to a country or individual
- 39. route through North America to Asia?
- 41. slave of de Neza who was later killed by the Zuni
- 43. the Dutch European Country, ruler of New Netherland
- 44. male leader of Spain
- 48. French city founded by Samuel de Champlain
- 49. the inventor of the printing press
- 51. the area claimed by France, named 'kanata' in Huron, which means village
- 55. people who make a living by buying and selling goods
- 56. country that led exploration of the Americas
- 57. large empire in Andes mountains
- 58. Spanish conquistador who searched for the Fountain of Youth and claimed Florida for Spain
- 59. Religious teachers sent to convert Natives to Catholic Religion
- 60. the action of traveling in or through an unfamiliar area in order to learn about it
Down
- 1. money spent in advance
- 2. German priest who openly called for church reform to the Catholic church
- 4. the trading of items, animals, culture, ideas and more between Europeans and the native peoples of the Americas
- 5. Italian sailor who sailed for France in areas of New York
- 7. crossed isthmus of Panama and became the first European to see the 'new' ocean in 1513
- 8. Prince of Portugal, started school of navigation
- 9. French explorer who sailed farther up the St. Lawrence River and founded Quebec in 1608
- 10. Spanish explorer who founded St. Augustine, Florida in 1565 in 15
- 11. Spanish explorer who discovered San Diego Bay in 1542
- 12. Spanish explorer searching for the Seven Cities of Cibola; First Europeans to see Grand Canyon
- 13. large sums of money given to those who explored
- 14. the area in the Americas claimed by the French, in Canada and south towards the Ohio River
- 17. change
- 20. the colony established by the Dutch which is now New York
- 22. Italian explorer who "discovered" the Americas
- 23. French explorer who sailed up the St. Lawrence River in 1534 looking for the Northwest Passage and gold
- 24. Portuguese sailor who explored for Spain and led the first expedition to circumnavigate the world
- 26. early explorer who went to China and wrote about his travels
- 28. the waterway that extends from the Atlantic Ocean to Lake Ontario, once thought to be the Northwest Passage
- 29. one of two companies that financed exploration in Northeastern North America
- 31. new Dutch leader of New Netherland in 1647 who later surrendered all of their lands to the English
- 32. Aztec ruler
- 35. the settlement (town) established by the Dutch on Manhattan Island which is now New York City
- 40. first governor of New Netherland who in 1626 negotiated a deal with the natives to use/buy their land on Manhattan Island
- 42. Science of planning and following a route
- 43. English sailor who worked for both the Dutch and English and claimed much of the same land around New York for both countries (oops!)
- 45. remake’ all of Spain Catholic
- 46. female leader of Spain
- 47. bay near Canada named for the explorer who mapped it
- 50. large area with different groups controlled by one ruler
- 52. Italian sailor who explored for England in 1497, in Newfoundland
- 53. gave rough estimate of longitude, distance east or west of a location
- 54. reward/gain