Unit 7 Crossword

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Across
  1. 5. An Italian explorer who realized that the lands Columbus found were not part of Asia, but a new continent. America is named after him.
  2. 8. Products that are made from raw materials, like clothes, furniture, and tools.
  3. 10. A Portuguese prince who supported exploration and helped start the Age of Discovery by funding trips and improving maps and ships.
  4. 11. A system in Spanish colonies where Spanish settlers were given land and could force Native Americans to work for them.
  5. 12. An economic system where people and businesses make and sell things to earn money. They compete with each other to make a profit.
  6. 14. A Portuguese explorer who is credited with discovering Brazil while sailing to India.
  7. 15. People in the Spanish colonies who had one Spanish parent and one Native American parent.
  8. 17. Small places set up by explorers and merchants where people could buy, sell, and trade goods.
  9. 19. A Portuguese explorer who was the first European to sail around Africa to reach India.
Down
  1. 1. A large fleet of warships. The most famous was the Spanish Armada, which tried to invade England in 1588 but failed.
  2. 2. The movement of plants, animals, people, and diseases between Europe, Africa, and the Americas after Columbus's voyages.
  3. 3. A Dutch settlement in North America that later became New York City.
  4. 4. A Portuguese explorer who led the first trip around the world, but he died before finishing it.
  5. 6. A small, fast ship used by explorers during the Age of Discovery. It was good for long trips across the ocean.
  6. 7. A system where countries try to get as much gold and silver as possible by controlling trade and making money from their colonies. They want to sell more than they buy.
  7. 9. An explorer from Italy who sailed for Spain and reached the Americas in 1492, though he thought he had found a route to Asia.
  8. 13. A trade system between Europe, Africa, and the Americas where goods, slaves, and raw materials were exchanged in a triangle-shaped route across the ocean.
  9. 16. A Portuguese explorer who was the first to sail around the southern tip of Africa, showing there was a way to get to Asia by sea.
  10. 18. Natural resources like wood, cotton, and metals that are used to make other products.