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Across 4. Permanent European Colony in Africa 5. island in the Caribbean that was explored by Columbus in 1492 9. large agricultural estate 11. colloquial name for people from the Netherlands 12. African civilization of Eastern Nigeria who were complicit in the slave trade 13. settlement of people living in a new area that is linked economically and governmentally to a mother country 15. pattern of trade between Europe, Africa, and Asia (2 Words) 17. countries on the Asian continent as opposed to the Islands in the South Pacific (2 Words) 18. Spanish Sailor whose crew circumnavigated the world (2 Words) 20. the Spice Islands 23. Florentine cartographer who made trips to the new world and were named after him (2 Words) 24. Venetian sailor named Giovanni Caboto who sailed for the English under this name (2 Words) 25. Island in the Spice Islands where the English had their only claim 28. administrative organization that relies on non-elective officials and regular procedures 29. archipelago off the Asian mainland that were colonized by Spain 30. Country on the Iberian Peninsula who specialized in Nautical achievements

Down 1. the difference between what a country imports and exports (3 Words) 2. Portuguese sailor who rounded the African Continent (2 Words) 3. Italian Sailor/Cartographer who sailed to the New World for the Spanish Crown (2 Words) 6. Largest country on the South American continent 7. Spanish conquerors of the Americas 8. Congolese monarch who wrote to the King of Portugal asking him to stop the slave trade (2 Words) 10. West African civilization that was destroyed by the slave trade 14. the methodology by which African Slaves found their way to the Americas (2 Words) 16. Spanish Soldier who conquered the Incan Empire (2 Words) 19. Portuguese Sailor who opened Spice Trade to the East (3 Words) 20. thriving port of the Spice Trade on the Malay Peninsula 21. idea that a nation’s prosperity depended on how much gold and silver it had 22. Permanent European Colony in Africa (2 Words) 24. Island in the South Pacific where the Dutch founded a fort was established at Batavia 26. Continent due south of Europe across the Mediterranean Sea 27. Monarchy of Southeast Asia