Across
- 2. The primary motivations behind European overseas exploration, God Gold Glory and Goods
- 3. SLAVERY System of forced labor where human beings are legally treated as personal property and bought or sold
- 5. Brutal forced transatlantic voyage of enslaved Africans across the ocean to the Americas
- 7. Fast highly maneuverable European sailing ship built for long ocean navigation
- 9. Precious metal mined in the Americas that became the global currency for international trade
- 10. Economic system where governments manage trade to build national wealth through exports over imports
- 11. The fall of this major city in 1453 blocked land trade and forced Europeans to look for sea routes to Asia
- 12. Global transfer of plants animals diseases and human populations between Old and New Worlds
- 13. Explorer funded by Spain who landed in the Caribbean in 1492 while trying to sail west to Asia
- 15. Navigational tool using a magnetic needle to show cardinal directions during ocean voyages
Down
- 1. Three way trade network moving raw materials to Europe finished goods to Africa and enslaved labor to Americas
- 4. Astronomical tool used by sailors to calculate latitude using the position of the stars and sun
- 6. Main factor like smallpox that wiped out 80 to 90 percent of the Native American population after 1492
- 8. Business where investors buy shares to pool money share profits and divide ocean voyage risks
- 14. Spanish colonial labor system granting settlers control over Native Americans to work land or mines