Across
- 3. precious metals melted into bars
- 4. a small, light ship developed by the Portuguese that performed well on long voyages
- 6. natural defense against disease
- 7. economic policy in which a nation gains strength by controlling its trade, agriculture. Industry, and money
- 8. to sail or travel completely around (something, especially the world)
- 11. economy in which people make economic decisions based on their customs and habits
- 13. economy in which individual consumers and producers make all economic decisions
- 15. general increase in prices
Down
- 1. Spanish soldier-explorer
- 2. business that uses people who work at home with their own equipment
- 4. economy based on the private ownership of property and the use of property to compete for profits or gains in a market
- 5. record-keeping device made of knotted strings, used by the Incas
- 9. exchange of people, plants and animals, and ideas between the Eastern Hemisphere and Western Hemisphere
- 10. someone who tries to convert others to a particular religion
- 12. the science of making maps and globes
- 14. establishment of new settlers and their culture in other territories