Across
- 3. Spanish explorers who claimed land in the Americas for Spain in the 1500s & 1600s
- 7. Colonial trade routes among Europe, its colonies, and Africa in which goods were exchanged for slaves
- 9. The activity of buying and selling, especially on a large scale
- 10. Original or native to a country or region
- 12. Territory settled and ruled by people from another land
- 13. Large estate run by an owner or overseer and worked by laborers who live there
- 14. Money or wealth used to invest in business or enterprise
- 15. Domination by one country of the political, economic, or cultural life of another country or region (e.g., building an empire)
Down
- 1. One half of the globe
- 2. Economic theory which says that colonies exist solely to support Mother Country
- 4. Process of finding the route to a destination from your current location
- 5. The global exchange of goods, ideas, plants and animals, and disease that began with Columbus’ exploration of the Americas
- 6. Map making
- 8. A company owned jointly by all the people who invest in it
- 10. A rapid rise in prices caused by too much money
- 11. Natural protection or resistance against disease