Across
- 3. an astronomical instrument used to determine latitude and longitude at sea by measuring angular distance, especially the altitudes of the sun, moon and stars
- 9. an astronomical instrument instrument for taking the altitude of the sun or stars and for the solution of other problems in astronomy and navigation: Used by Greek astronomers from about 200 B.C. and by Arab astronomers from the Middle Ages until replaced by the Sextant.
- 10. explorers who travelled the Mississippi River and were often fur trappers who traded with the Natives
- 12. a major crop which is native to the Americas and can be made into flour and now, popular
- 14. the people who lived in the Americas for thousands of years and flourished until Europeans invaded.
- 17. along with Da Gama, Portuguese explorer who sailed around the tip of Africa
- 18. the location of the land bridge that was glacier 20-30,000 years ago and is now sea
- 19. led the first expedition to sail around the world in 1549. His crew was the first to circumnavigate the earth.
- 20. How scientists believe the first people came from Asia to the Americas 20-30,000 years ago
- 22. Resources compiled and interpreted from primary and secondary sources.
- 26. explored the West Indies and the Caribbean in 1492 and never knew he didn’t reach Asia (East Indies)
- 28. The Study of the process of history
- 29. Native Americans believed no one could own this
- 30. Native Americans believed everything, even rocks, had this
- 31. explored Southwestern North America for Spain in 1540
- 33. Copying work that is not your own without giving credit to the author
- 34. brought to the New World by Europeans, these animals helped the Spanish conquer natives and changed the life of many Native Americans
Down
- 1. genetic evidence used to determine when the first people came to North America
- 2. small pox and typhoid for example, this killed many Natives, especially when Europeans gave the Natives contaminated blankets
- 4. an early cash crop in the Southern Colonies of America, introduced to settlers by the Natives and adored in Europe.
- 5. Europeans wanted to convert Native Americans to this belief
- 6. Theory that the first humans came to the new world by following North Pacific coastlines from Asia into the Americas
- 7. the recovery and study of physical remains from past human life and culture
- 8. explorers and colonists who explored the east coast and then settled what became the 13 colonies under the rule of King George
- 11. A first hand account of an event. Examples Declaration of Independence, Anne Frank’s Diary
- 12. Spanish explorers, soldier-adventurers, who wanted to conquer the New World.
- 13. Essential occupation for the earliest colonists for survival before they can plant and grow their crops.
- 15. the exchange of goods and ideas between the New and the Old World
- 16. the land Columbus was looking for
- 21. History that took place before the development of writing
- 23. English explorer who explored the East Coast of North America
- 24. Motivation for European explorers, which reflected their individualistic societal beliefs
- 25. source
- 27. early explorers, conquistadors, who conquered Natives in south and Central America looking for gold, riches and slaves
- 32. the first Europeans to land in the New World in 1001, but they did not settle there.