Across
- 4. the capital of the Incan Empire
- 5. "Prince _______ ___ _______" set up a navigation school for the Portuguese explorers
- 9. the Aztec capital built around 1325, made from floating islands of water plants
- 12. this vessel utilized a combination of triangular and rectangular sails, and moved through water faster
- 14. The period when Europeans spent several centuries finding alternative ways to get to foreign lands is known as the "Age of _________"
- 15. the countries of Asia, especially East Asia
- 16. This middle-eastern city fell in 1453, where Ottoman Turks brought Islam to the region
Down
- 1. Incan people who had special status and could speak the Incan language, governing other tribes
- 2. the fertile valley of the Aztecs where Mexico City is today
- 3. people who ruled central and southern Mexico during 15th and 16th centuries
- 6. instrument that allowed sailors to measure the angle between the sun or a star on the horizon at a specific time of day or night
- 7. belts of consistent winds that blow from east to west that helped explorers across the Atlantic Ocean
- 8. Son of Erik the Red; became a Christian in Norway; traveled to Greenland to spread the gospel
- 10. people living on the eastern side of the Aztec valley, used frequently for human sacrifice
- 11. deciding what your location is, estimate speed, look at a map, and aim for a compass heading that might get you to your goal
- 13. called "children of the sun", these ancient people lived along the western coasts and mountains of South America