Era of Exploration

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Across
  1. 3. Name Europeans often used for parts of Asia they wanted to reach
  2. 4. The process of taking control of land and settling it
  3. 6. Movement of goods, ideas, animals, plants, or diseases
  4. 10. Economic idea that a country becomes strong by gaining wealth and resources
  5. 11. Valuable goods from Asia that motivated exploration
  6. 12. Group of territories controlled by one ruler or state
  7. 14. Meeting between different peoples or cultures
  8. 15. Continent Europeans wanted direct trade routes to
  9. 17. Something that makes an event happen
  10. 18. Original peoples of a region before colonization
  11. 21. Tools and inventions that made exploration easier
  12. 22. Strong support showing that a claim is reliable
  13. 23. One cause of exploration linked to spreading Christianity
  14. 24. A point of view that may affect how information is presented
  15. 26. Movement of products, people, and diseases between hemispheres after contact
  16. 28. Riches or valuable resources people wanted to gain
  17. 29. Ocean crossed by many explorers traveling west
  18. 31. Meeting between Europeans and peoples of the Americas
  19. 32. Statement or idea that must be supported with proof
  20. 33. Long journey, especially by sea
  21. 34. Medieval world map known for religious symbolism
  22. 36. Cause of exploration connected to trade and wealth
  23. 37. Ability to control people, land, or events
  24. 39. Country that sponsored Columbus in 1492
  25. 40. Mapmaker whose map named America
  26. 42. Serious disagreement or struggle between groups
  27. 45. Mapmaker of a detailed pre-Columbus world map
  28. 46. Study of places and how location affects people and events
  29. 48. Items bought, sold, or traded
  30. 49. Place where people establish a new community
Down
  1. 1. Explorer whose expedition was the first to circumnavigate the globe
  2. 2. One major cause of death among Indigenous peoples after contact
  3. 5. Name used on Waldseemuller’s famous map
  4. 7. Person sent to spread a religion
  5. 8. Representation of places, routes, and regions
  6. 9. European kingdom that led early ocean exploration
  7. 13. Territory settled and controlled by another country
  8. 16. The skill of finding direction and planning travel across land or sea
  9. 19. Document, image, or artifact historians use to study the past
  10. 20. Half of the Earth, such as Eastern or Western
  11. 22. Cause of exploration connected to rivalry and power
  12. 25. Explorer who sailed west across the Atlantic in 1492
  13. 27. Reason someone acts or makes a decision
  14. 30. Exchange of goods between people or regions
  15. 35. Information used to support a historical claim
  16. 38. Traveling to discover new places, routes, or knowledge
  17. 39. Deadly illness brought to the Americas from Europe
  18. 41. Result or consequence of an event
  19. 42. Tool that shows direction and helped sailors travel
  20. 43. Land controlled by a ruler or government
  21. 44. Instrument used to help sailors measure stars and position
  22. 47. Path followed to move from one place to another