Unit 4: Transoceanic Interconnections

2. Portuguese established an empire where they wanted to control the economy without controlling the land.
3. Empires based on sea travel.
6. Map of the stars and galaxies.
7. English explorer who claimed a river around New York then named it after himself.
9. Water route desired by navigators around North America. This resulted in Europeans claiming territories in the New World.
13. First European to find an ocean route to India. This led to the Portuguese creating a colonial empire in Asia and Africa.
15. Trade rivalry between Muslim and European traders.
17. To monitor or control movement in a vehicle.
18. “Father of New France.” Established settlement in modern-day Quebec.
20. Portuguese explorer whose crew was the first to circumnavigate the world.
21. Three-way trade system during the 17th and 19th centuries.
23. King James II’s nobility transferred to his daughter Mary and her husband.
24. Policy where nations sold more than they bought.

1. Expansion of trade where Europeans adopted new currencies such as gold and silver for goods.
2. The trading of slaves from Africa to the Americas.
4. Agreement between Portugal and Spain stated that new land to the west of the Atlantic Ocean was Spain and new land to the east of the Atlantic Ocean was claimed by Portugal.
5. French mariner who was the first European to cross the St. Lawrence River. He also gave Canada its name.
8. Drawing maps.
10. All estate went to the eldest son.
11. Italian navigator who discovered Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island.
12. Italian mariner whose voyages paved the way for settlement, conquest, and exploitation of the New World.
14. Portuguese explorer who was the first European to reach the southern tip of Africa.
16. Exchange between animals, plants, technology, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds.
19. Labor under a contract in exchange for daily necessities.
22. Highly contagious disease spread by the Transatlantic Slave Trade.