Across
- 5. French thinker who believed in logic and reasoning |
- 10. Scientist who improved the telescope |
- 12. Explorer who sailed for Spain in 1492 |
- 13. Scientist who proposed the Sun-centered universe |
- 15. Spanish soldier and explorer who conquered lands in the Americas |
- 18. Final ruler of the Inca Empire captured by Pizarro |
- 20. Spanish conquistador who conquered the Inca Empire |
- 21. Scientist who explained gravity and motion |
- 23. Oval-shaped orbit of planets |
Down
- 1. Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec Empire |
- 2. Capital city of the Aztec Empire |
- 3. Theory placing Earth at the center of the universe |
- 4. Three-part trade route linking Europe, Africa, and the Americas |
- 6. To unfairly use people or resources for profit |
- 7. Deadly disease spread during exploration |
- 8. Belief that one race is superior to another |
- 9. Exchange of goods, animals, and diseases across the Atlantic |
- 11. An educated guess in an experiment |
- 14. Voyage carrying enslaved Africans to the Americas |
- 15. Land controlled by another country |
- 16. Fast sailing ship used during the Age of Exploration |
- 17. Large farm that grew cash crops like sugar |
- 19. A test used in the scientific method |
- 22. Thinker who helped develop the scientific method |