Across
- 3. northern Europeans
- 4. place of worship for muslim religion
- 6. Explored Eastern Africa and created trading stops for future ships
- 8. An agreement to move the line farther west
- 14. Hired by Spain to find a route around South America to Asia
- 15. an area with an abundance of gold
- 20. one of the ships Colombus took
- 21. navigational instrument using stars
- 22. leader of Portugal
- 24. first person to “discover” the Americas
Down
- 1. Mapmaker, America was named after him
- 2. an imaginary line running down the middle of the Atlantic ocean to the south pole
- 5. explored the southern tip of Africa
- 7. journey to a holy place
- 9. The application of scientific discoveries for practical use
- 10. First European to see the pacific ocean
- 11. Went to far West and hit land in what is now Brazil
- 12. A period of intellectual and artistic creativity or “rebirth”
- 13. named the southern tip of Africa the cape of good hope
- 16. book written by Marco polo about his travels
- 17. 17 year old explorer
- 18. a larger and sturdier sailing vessel
- 19. to sail around the world
- 23. narrow sea passage
- 24. Study of Greece and Rome