Across
- 1. A tool that uses Earth's magnetic field to show direction.
- 4. Traveling to discover new lands, people, or trade routes.
- 6. transfer of plants, animals, diseases, people, and ideas between Europe, Africa, and the Americas after Columbus's voyages.
- 7. A small, fast sailing ship used by European explorers.
- 8. A Spanish explorer and soldier who conquered land in the Americas.
Down
- 2. An instrument sailors used to determine their location by observing the stars.
- 3. A person who plans and directs the course of a ship or voyage.
- 5. The process of creating and settling colonies in new lands.
- 8. A settlement established and controlled by another country.
- 9. A path used to transport goods between places for trade.