Across
- 2. Armored cavalry soldiers.
- 4. A mid-sized sturdy wooden sail boat which is capable of withstanding ocean conditions at fast speeds for long periods of time.
- 7. Exchange: The movement of people, animals, plants, ideas, and diseases between Europe and the Americas.
- 9. Method: A method of discovering knowledge about the natural world based in making predictions, testing them, and developing theories that best explain them.
- 10. A fleet of many warships.
- 11. Soldiers of the Crusades.
- 14. Native to a place.
- 15. Holy wars declared against the Turks in order to retake the city of Jerusalem.
- 16. A Roman Catholic belief that pardons someone from punishment for their sins in purgatory.
- 17. A controversial challenge to a system of beliefs -- especially religion.
- 18. Resistance to sicknesses.
- 19. The revival of classical culture in art, literature, music, and history.
- 21. The national language.
- 23. Martin Luther's followers who protested against the Catholic Church.
- 24. The process of establishing a permanent settlement.
Down
- 1. Explorers who entered the new world to gain glory, search for new sources of gold, and spread Catholicism.
- 3. A Spanish system of colonization.
- 5. The ideas of Martin Luther spread across Europe and caused changes in church policy.
- 6. A period of new ideas about nature, art, science, language, and learning.
- 8. A journey completely around the world by sea.
- 12. The driving out of Muslim Moors from Spain by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella.
- 13. Trade associations.
- 20. Carta: A contract written in 1215 which gave people more freedoms.
- 22. An instrument used by sailors which measured star patterns to help sailors navigate on the open sea.