Across
- 2. Economic system driving European exploration
- 6. Discovery of new territories and wealth
- 8. Highly valued trade item for French explorers
- 9. Reason for English settlers to migrate
- 10. Key goal of Spanish conquistadors
- 11. Major motivation for exploration
- 14. Native strategy to resist European encroachment
- 16. First permanent English settlement
- 18. Established Jamestown and sought new life
- 19. Known for trade and New Amsterdam
Down
- 1. Establishing control over new territories
- 3. Adventurers who mapped new worlds
- 4. Harsh winters and unknown lands faced by settlers
- 5. Established New Sweden in Delaware Valley
- 7. Passage Sought-after water route to Asia
- 12. Focused on fur trade in North America
- 13. Led early exploration with advanced navigation
- 15. claims Sparked competition among European powers
- 17. Sought gold and spread Catholicism
- 20. Americans Displaced by European settlers