Across
- 3. Spread of beliefs, foods, and technologies
- 6. First permanent English settlement in North America
- 8. Spanish system to convert Indigenous peoples
- 11. England's first attempted colony that disappeared
- 13. Treaty dividing exploration rights between Spain and Portugal
- 15. Economic system where colonies enrich the mother country
- 16. 1492 navigator who opened lasting contact between Europe and the Americas
- 17. Early Jamestown leader who organized settlers
- 19. 1680 Indigenous uprising against Spanish settlers
- 21. Portuguese ship that improved long ocean travel
- 22. Workers who traded years of service for passage
- 25. French explorer who founded Quebec
- 26. Voyage that brought Pilgrims to New England in 1620
- 27. Oldest continuously occupied European settlement in the United States
- 28. Spanish explorer who reached Florida
- 29. Conquistador who defeated the Aztec Empire with Indigenous allies
Down
- 1. Massive Indigenous population loss caused by disease
- 2. Spanish priest who spoke against harsh treatment of Indigenous peoples
- 4. Powhatan woman who mediated early English contact
- 5. Staple crop supporting complex Indigenous societies
- 7. Transfer of crops, animals, ideas, and diseases after 1492
- 9. Puritan woman who challenged religious authority in Massachusetts
- 10. Portuguese prince who supported early exploration
- 12. Navigation tool used to measure latitude
- 14. Economic system shaping alliances between Europeans and Native groups
- 18. Farming practice directing water to crops
- 19. Large scale farm system tied to coerced labor
- 20. Extended family home used by eastern woodlands groups
- 23. Carved figures expressing stories and identity
- 24. Led the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire