Across
- 1. In 1500, this territory was claimed for Portugal by Cabral
- 4. Portuguese admiral who destroyed Arab control of the spice trade
- 5. Spanish explorer who established a colony in South America with its capital at Lima
- 9. Natives who ruled most of central Mexico
- 10. Educated Europeans knew the world was _______
- 13. Magellan's expedition was famous for its _________ of the globe
- 15. Aztec king
- 16. Venetian seaman who explored the New England coastline
- 17. Portuguese explorer who reached the southern tip of Africa in 1488
- 20. Explorer who was killed in the Philippines while trying to convert the natives to Christianity
- 22. Florentine explorer whose name was given to the new lands he saw
Down
- 2. When the first Spanish expeditions arrived in the Andes, they encountered the _________
- 3. Portuguese sponsor who is regarded as the Father of Discovery
- 6. The southern tip of Africa is called the ________
- 7. The shortcut through the tip of South America is a _______
- 8. Portuguese explorer who found a sea route to India
- 11. Spanish explorers who conquered the Americas
- 12. Columbus believed he could find _______ by sailing west
- 14. Spanish explorer who captured the Aztec ruler
- 16. In 1492, Columbus landed here, thinking it was India
- 18. Southern coast of West Africa was known to Europeans as the ________
- 19. Without a natural immunity, many natives of Mexico died from _________
- 21. Queen who paid for Columbus' expedition