Task 1: Spanish Colonization Recap

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Across
  1. 3. The Portuguese invented this new ship which moved through the wind more efficiently.
  2. 6. The _______ System established a strict racial hierarchy
  3. 7. The name for a person who is of mixed Spanish and Native American blood
  4. 8. This maritime technology measured the latitude and angles of the moon, sun, and stars
  5. 10. This present day US state is home to the oldest occupied settlement of European and African American origin
  6. 11. The disease that killed 90-95% of Native Americans.
  7. 12. The forced voyage of African slaves across the Atlantic to the New World.
  8. 14. This animal came from the Old World to the New World and helped Natives Americans become more mobile.
Down
  1. 1. The Columbian Exchange and the rise of a new merchant class led to the end of this system in Europe.
  2. 2. This crop was a staple in the Southwest region and areas of Central America.
  3. 4. The Spanish system of forcing Native Americans to work in mines or fields while teaching them Spanish values and converting to Christianity.
  4. 5. The Spaniards established these to assist in converting Natives to Catholicism
  5. 9. This explorer was credited for exploring the New World.
  6. 13. The Spanish did not find much gold, but they did find this precious mineral