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Age Of Exploration Cross Word Puzzle

Across
Built on Dias' route, completed an all water expedition to India in 1498
First permanent settlement in Virginia
Set said in pursuit of Columbus' goal of reaching the Spice Islands; his ship was first to circumnavigate the globe.
Improved navigation; mapping
Pointed to the magnetic north, making it easier to determine direction
One of the main reasons many explores came over to the New World
Confirmed Portugal's right to the eastern route to the Indies as well as to any undiscovered lands in the east; entitled Portugal to Brazil (granted rights to African slave trade)
Explored northeast coast of North America
"New World" in Latin
The word that was found on a tree from the Lost Colony of Roanoke
Small, lighter, and faster ships ideal for ocean travel
Led Jesuit missionaries to Asia (where by 1550 thousands of natives had been converted to Christianity)
Down
Spanish adventurers who led conquests in the Americas
Believed a western track would be shorter than paths the Portuguese were taking;reached the Bahamas, believing he had reached the "Indies" somewhere west of India
Explored Brazil; 1st European to realized he had discovered a new continent in the New World; America named after him
A trade where the colonies export cheaper raw material to their home country and then the home country refines it and sells it back to the colonies
Powerful landlords of great estates; military service class
Conquered the Aztecs in Mesoamerica
"the Terrible" defeated the Mongols and took over Muscovy
Pointed to the magnetic north, making it easier to determine direction