Across
- 7. natural resources that can be turned into goods (like lumber, cotton, or sugar) (2 words)
- 10. the movement of plants, animals, people, and diseases between the Old World and the New World after Columbus's voyages (2 words)
- 12. a system of trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas (2 words)
- 13. the nation that pays for and supports an expedition or colony (2 words)
- 19. an economic system where colonies provide raw materials and wealth to benefit the mother country
Down
- 1. the Americas (lands "discovered by Europeans after 1492) (2 words)
- 2. A person who travels to unknown places to learn about them.
- 3. Europe, Asia, and Africa (the continents known before 1492) (2 words)
- 4. the process of setting up settlements in a new land under the control of another country
- 5. The science or skill of guiding ships from one place to another
- 6. a settlement ruled by a distant country
- 8. a path used by merchants and ships to buy and sell goods
- 9. a long journey, especially by ship
- 11. A trip or journey across water
- 14. to travel all the way around the Earth by sea
- 15. a person who plans and directs the course of a ship
- 16. A struggle between two opposing (different/opposite) forces
- 17. a journey made for a specific purpose, often exploration
- 18. the system of how money is made and used within a particular country or region
- 20. to use someone or something unfairly for personal gain (the shorter version)