European Colonization Crossword

5. The Spanish Conquistador who conquered the Aztec.
7. The Northwest ___________ was a water route to Asia through the northern part of North America.
8. A soldier or explorer who conquered and colonized the Americas.
9. The Spanish wanted this from the natives.
10. A document from a king or a queen that allowed a person to start a colony in the New World.
12. The Age of ___________ is a period in history when European powers explored, mapped, and colonized the globe.
15. A person who is thought to be wild, with no control, uncivilized.
17. The Spanish claimed territory in ___________ America.
18. An Indentured ___________ is a person who agrees to work for a time (usually 5-7 years) in return for food, shelter, and travel expenses.
22. A person who is thought to be wild, with no control, uncivilized.
23. France claimed territory in __________ America.
26. An area ruled by a foreign country, like what England had in the New World..
27. The first permanent English colony in North America.
28. France had interest in the _____ trade.

1. The native group which inhabited the area where Jamestown was created.
2. A crop that can be sold for money.
3. Christopher Columbus claimed land for _________.
4. The New _______ is the term for the continents reached by Christopher Columbus that were previously unknown to Europe.
5. A document from a king or a queen that allowed a person to start a colony in the New World.
6. The English colony that failed in the New World.
10. An Italian sailor who sailed for Spain and discovered the New World in 1492.
11. This woman was an important native who married an English tobacco farmer.
13. An area of land under the control of a foreign power.
14. The __________ Exchange was the trading of items, animals, culture, ideas, and more between Europeans and native peoples of the Americas.
15. John ________ was a leader in Jamestown.
16. A disease that was very contagious, spreading fast, killing many who it infected.
19. A journey where people explore.
20. The island that makes up part of New York city that was once called New Amsterdam.
21. How someone sees something.
24. This sailor explored a river near New York and was left behind by his boat in the Northwest Passage.
25. The Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca.