Across
- 2. Which explorer filled up China's treasury in his expeditions for the Ming Dynasty?
- 4. What caused the greatest decline in indigenous populations after European contact with the Americas?
- 6. What technological advantage did European settlers have over Native American populations?
- 7. Shape of the flow of goods between Americas, Europe, and Asia
- 10. Accounts of wealth from Marco Polo about what place increased interest in exploration?
- 11. Grown in the New World to export to Europe; led to mistreatment of natives and importation of African slaves
- 12. Who primarily spread Islam to Southeast Asia (i.e. largest Muslim population of any nation is Indonesia)
- 15. Tools like the compass and astrolabe made this easier; sailors felt more confident in their return when they lost sight of land
- 17. What did the Ottoman Empire charge Christians to use traditional trade routes?
- 18. What New World colony speaks Portuguese today because they weren't colonized by Spain?
- 19. Prosperity of Italian city states led to the growth of art and culture in this era
- 20. The fall of this city led to Ottoman control of trade routes to Asia
Down
- 1. This characteristic of the Renaissance led to a more worldly, less religious focus in the pursuit of knowledge
- 3. This treaty divided the New World between Spain and Portugal; with their claim they were able to colonize
- 5. The increased accuracy of these came after the discovery of new landmasses; improving past knowledge
- 8. What system gave Spanish conquistadors workers that were abused instead of Christianized?
- 9. Trade between the New and Old World led to the transfer of diseases and invasive species
- 13. This trade route linked Africa, the Middle East, India, and Asia in a maritime network
- 14. Where slaves were brought for labor in the Americans colonies
- 16. Practice of Polynesians to migrate and connect small Pacific Islands