Across
- 3. On October 12, 1492, Columbus stepped on land and claimed for Spain an island he named __________.
- 5. This French explorer followed a route along the St. Lawrence River.
- 7. He searched for the Seven Cities of Gold.
- 8. Passage the supposed route across the northern part of North America that Europeans were looking for but never found.
- 9. a community ruled- by another country, not by its own people.
- 10. He explored the Mississippi River.
- 12. a Spanish explorer who came to the Americas in the 1500s and claimed large areas of land for Spain.
Down
- 1. Juan Ponce de Leon sailed to Florida in search of this.
- 2. Disease a sickness that can pass quickly from one person to another as germs are spread by touch or through the air.
- 4. His first voyage was in 1609 and he sailed up a river now named for him.
- 6. He marched to the Aztec capital. After a week, he took the Aztec emperor Montezuma II prisoner.
- 11. Southeast Asia, including India, Indonesia and Malaysia.