Jacob Sickles - Alantic World

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Across
  1. 2. - an economic system based on private ownership and on the investment of money in business ventures in order to make a profit
  2. 4. - Italian explorer, sailing for Spain, who reached the Americas in 1492 while searching for a western sea route from Europe to Asia
  3. 6. - the Spanish soldiers, explorers, and fortune hunters who took part in the conquest of the Americas in the 16th century
  4. 7. - a conflict between Britain and France for control of territory in North America, lasting from 1754 to 1763
  5. 10. - a grant of land made by Spain to a settler in the Americas, including the right to use Native Americans as laborers on it
  6. 12. - the transatlantic trading network along which slaves and other goods were carried between Africa, England, Europe, the West Indies, and the colonies in the Americas
  7. 13. - Spanish conquistador; from 1519 to 1521, he defeated the Aztec Empire, conquering Mexico for Spain
  8. 16. - an economic policy under which nations sought to increase their wealth and power by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver and by selling more goods than they bought
  9. 17. - Investing in global exploration was important for the development of international trade
  10. 18. - a person of mixed Spanish and Native American ancestry
  11. 19. - Spanish conquistador, conqueror of Peru; founder of Lima, Peru. From 1530 to 1533, he conquered the Inca Empire
Down
  1. 1. - the first permanent English settlement in North America
  2. 3. - the global transfer of plants, animals, and diseases that occurred during the European colonization of the Americas
  3. 5. - Last Incan king; he was taken prisoner by Pizarro after refusing to accept Christianity and surrender his empire to the Spanish conquistadors. The Spanish killed him and took control of his empire
  4. 8. - the buying, transporting, and selling of Africans for work in the Americas
  5. 9. - Aztec leader
  6. 11. - The pathogens Europeans brought with them, which caused diseases like smallpox and measles, led to the deaths of millions of Native Americans
  7. 14. - a business in which investors pool their wealth for a common purpose, then share the profits
  8. 15. - a land controlled by another nation