Across
- 3. Passage, the long trip across the Atlantic Ocean by which enslaved Africans were brought to the Americas/ the second leg of the Triangular Trade Route
- 4. people who try to spread Christianity to others
- 6. Trade, a transatlantic trade network formed by Europe/West Africa/ and the Americas
- 8. a Spanish conqueror who sought gold and other riches in the Americas
- 10. a system in Spain's American colonies in which wealthy settlers were given plots of land and allowed to enslave the people who lived there
- 13. a deadly virus that causes a high fever and small blisters on the skin
- 14. European country that revolted in 1581 to become independent from Spain/ Settled area in North America known as New Amsterdam.
Down
- 1. an armed but privately owned ship that acts under the authority of a government to participate in warfare; or a sailor on such a ship
- 2. travel completely around the Earth
- 5. an economic policy that gives a country sole ownership of the trade occurring in its colonies
- 6. of Tordesillas, An agreement between Spain and Portugal to divide newly discovered lands outside of Europe
- 7. Exchange, the exchange of plants/animals/people/ and ideas between Europe and the Americas following Columbus' first voyage to the Western Hemisphere
- 9. Italian explorer and navigator who completed Spanish-based voyages across the Atlantic Ocean opening the way for the widespread European Exploration and colonization of the Americas
- 11. Passage, a passage by water between the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean along the northern coast of North America
- 12. a natural or induced protection against disease