Age of Exploration Crossword

An Italian sailor and navigator who traveled west to reach Asia.
Financed numerous expeditions along the West African coastline in hopes of finding gold.
Treaty that divided newly discovered lands outside Europe between Portugal and Spain.
Belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism.
a person sent on a religious mission, especially one sent to promote Christianity in a foreign country.
Judging another culture solely by the values and standard of one's own culture.
Small, lighter, and faster ships ideal for ocean travel.
Spanish adventurers who led conquests in the Americas
Improved navigation; mapping.
Pointed to the magnetic north, making it easier to determine direction.
"New World" in Latin
Built on Dias' route, completed an all water expedition to India in 1498.
In search of the Northwest Passage, he explored St. Lawrence River region of Canada.
Spaniards born in the New World to Spanish parents.
Conquering entire regions and subjugating their populations; imperial colonial expansion.
Characterized by establishing posts & forts on coastal regions but not penetrating inland to conquer entire regions or subjugate their populations
Spaniards married Amerindian women creating children of mixed white & Native American descent.
Spaniards married Amerindian women creating children of mixed white & Native American descent.
Set said in pursuit of Columbus' goal of reaching the Spice Islands; his ship was first to circumnavigate the globe.
Explored northeast coast of North America