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European Explorers and the New World

Teacher: Mrs. Winter
Across
a person who travels in search of new geographical information. For example, the Europeans who sailed unknown seas in the 1500s looking for new routes to Asia were explorers.
the period of time, beginning in the late 1400s, in which European explorers sought new routes to Asia and discovered the Americas
an independent country whose people mostly share a common identity
an early scientific tool used to observe and calculate the position of the sun and other stars
Down
the land masses of North America, Central America, and South America
a crop that is grown in large quantities for sale
a scientist who studies artifacts to learn about past cultures
the name that Europeans used to refer to the Americas