European Exploration

3. Italian explorer credited with discovering the Americas for Europe.
4. Portuguese explorer who led the first circumnavigation of the globe.
5. The brutal sea voyage that transported enslaved Africans to the Americas.
9. A term often used to describe Spanish conquerors and explorers of the New World.
11. The process of establishing settlements in new territories by a foreign power.
12. Individuals sent to spread religious beliefs and convert people to a particular faith.
13. Italian explorer after whom the Americas were named.
14. Term for the lands of the Americas that were newly encountered by Europeans.
15. Economic theory emphasizing the importance of accumulating wealth through trade and colonization.
17. Chinese admiral and explorer who led voyages of exploration in the 15th century.
18. Spanish explorer who led the first European expedition to see the Pacific Ocean from the Americas.
19. Portuguese explorer who established a sea route to India.

1. To sail completely around the world, as achieved by whom?
2. Spanish explorer and conqueror, often associated with the subjugation of the Americas.
4. Spanish conquistador who explored southwestern North America.
6. The global exchange of goods, ideas, cultures, and diseases between the Old World and the New World.
7. Native to a particular region; the original inhabitants of an area.
8. French explorer known for his voyages to present-day Canada.
10. The three-way trading system involving Europe, Africa, and the Americas during the colonial period.
16. Spanish conquistador who famously conquered the Aztec Empire.