Week 6: Exploration and Early Colonization

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Across
  1. 4. sharing of plants, animals, ideas and technology between Europe and the Americas
  2. 6. Portuguese explorer that reached the southern tip of Africa
  3. 9. one who conquers
  4. 13. make up only one percent of the US population today
  5. 14. often referred to as the three Gs
  6. 16. a very useful crop for early settlers
  7. 17. taught Pilgrims how to survive in their settlement
  8. 18. group that broke away from Catholic church to worship their own way
  9. 20. Juan de Los Caballeros first Spanish capital in the Southwest
Down
  1. 1. Europeans came to america searching for this
  2. 2. instead of looking for food, colonists spend their time looking for
  3. 3. leader of the Separatists
  4. 5. one of the first groups of Europeans to visit North America
  5. 7. King and Queen of Spain sponsored his expeditions
  6. 8. settlement at Cape Cod in Massachusetts
  7. 10. one of the most famous Spanish explorers in history
  8. 11. religious institutions created to convert American Indians to Christianity
  9. 12. first permanent English settlement in North America
  10. 15. Ponce de Leon claimed land here for Spain
  11. 19. head of the Catholic church