Across
- 4. — A tree used to produce red dye in early Brazil
- 5. — A small, fast ship used by explorers
- 8. — People of European descent born in the Americas
- 10. — Showing no mercy or compassion
- 12. — The science or art of making maps
- 14. — A person sent to spread a religion
- 15. — A Spanish conqueror in the Americas
- 16. — The skill of building things out of wood
- 17. — People of mixed Indigenous and European ancestry
- 18. — People of mixed African and European ancestry
- 19. — Resistance to disease
- 21. — Completely destroyed
Down
- 1. — Sailed completely around the world
- 2. — A hard white material from elephant tusks
- 3. — Gold and silver in bars or bulk form
- 6. — A Spanish system that forced Indigenous people to work
- 7. — The act of settling and controlling new land
- 9. — A follower of a non-Christian religion
- 11. Trade — Trade of valuable spices like pepper and cinnamon
- 13. — A ruler governing a colony for a king
- 20. — Religious settlements created to convert people