Across
- 1. Bradford- elected first governor of Plymouth colony
- 3. Spanish title given to soldiers who explored and conquered
- 4. de Onate- claimed New Mexico for Spain in 1598
- 6. Cartier- French explorer met Iroquois Confederacy in 1534, started French trade in North America
- 8. tribe- helped Pilgrims learn to survive the harsh winters
- 11. people - first group of Europeans to visit North America
- 12. people- enslaved by Columbus and his men, most died due to disease, war and enslavement
- 13. -group of Pilgrims that wanted to break away from the Church of England
- 16. de Leon- claimed land for Spain in 1513 off coast of Florida
- 17. Menendez de Aviles - discovered Florida and founded the colony of St. Augustine, the oldest permanently settled city in the US
- 18. of Exploration- time when explorers traveled to distant lands to find resources and riches
- 20. Columbus - Italian explorer sent by Spain’s king in 1490 across Atlantic Ocean to find a faster trade route between Europe and Asia
- 21. Time- winter of 1609-1610 when Jamestown colonists went from 220 to 60 survivors
Down
- 2. Erickson- landed in Newfoundland in 1000 C.E
- 3. Exchange- sharing of plants, animals, ideas, and technology between Europe and the Americas
- 5. Cortes -Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztec people in 1519, led to 300 years of Spanish domination of Mexico
- 7. 1st English colony established by Virginia Company for King James I to find wealth and spread Christianity
- 9. Dias- Portuguese explorer reached southern tip of Africa
- 10. Cabot - English explorer discovered present day Canada in 1497
- 14. colony established at Cape Cod Massachusetts in 1620 by settlers on Mayflower, led by William Bradford
- 15. Pizarro- Spanish explorer who searched for wealthy civilizations to conquer, took over Inca Empire
- 19. Smith- Captain of Virginia Company crew