Across
- 1. exchange of slaves for goods between Africa, The Americas, and Europe
- 4. theory that held that a company's power depended on its wealth
- 5. Portuguese explorer, first European to reach India by sea
- 6. first permanent English settlement in North America
- 7. country that rules over colonies
- 8. The Americas
- 13. a small, fast ship with lateen sails developed by the Portuguese in the 15th century
- 14. system in which Spanish forced Native Americans into labor
- 15. voyage that brought captured Africans to the Americas
- 16. land controlled by another nation
- 19. spanish conqueror
- 20. outbreak of a contagious disease that spreads rapidly
- 21. economic system where businesses are privately owned by individuals/groups of individuals
Down
- 2. to go somewhere to learn about the place or find something
- 3. agreement made between Portugal and Spain in 1494 that divided their new world claims
- 8. Dutch colony established in North America, found in the Hudson Bay and Hudson Straight
- 9. English group seeking religious freedom from England's Anglican church, sought to build model Christian community at Massachusetts Bay colony
- 10. French colony established for fur trading, founded Quebec
- 11. buying and selling of Africans for work in the Americas
- 12. English colonizers who established English colony of Plymouth in 1620 after leaving England due to being persecuted for their beliefs
- 17. Europe, Asia, Africa
- 18. Italian explorer who sailed for Spain in an attempt to find a faster way to Asia, but then found the Americas