Across
- 4. The act of settling among and establishing control over the indigenous people of an area.
- 6. A small, fast ship used by Spanish and Portuguese explorers for long journeys.
- 9. A tool to measure a ship’s latitude at sea by measuring the angle between the horizon and the stars.
- 11. Compass A navigational tool that uses a magnetized needle. This magnetic needle aligns with the Earth’s magnetic field to point north.
- 14. One-half of the Earth. The northern and southern hemispheres are divided by the equator. The eastern and western hemispheres are divided by the meridian.
- 15. Exchange An exchange of diseases, plants, animals, and humans between the Old World and the New World.
Down
- 1. A colonizer, especially one of the Spanish conquerors in the New World.
- 2. When a person owns another person as property.
- 3. civilization Indigenous civilizations which rose, flourished, and fell in the Americas before 1492.
- 5. Slave Trade From 1500-1800, millions of Africans were captured and forced onto ships going to the Americas. Once there, they were sold into slavery.
- 7. The art of guiding a ship from place to place safely.
- 8. Route A path used by traders.
- 10. World The part of the world that was known by Europeans before the Age of Exploration; The eastern hemisphere (Europe, Asia, and Africa).
- 12. of Exploration A time period when European countries explored other areas of the world in search of land, goods, and trading partners. This was also called the Age of Discovery.
- 13. World The part of the world that was not known by Europeans before the Age of Exploration; the western hemisphere (North and South America).