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Across 2. This group of people were originally the middle men between Eastern traders and Italian merchants. 5. These pelts were highly profitable for France and later England. 6. This is one of the Caribbean islands were England had sugar plantations that were worked by enslaved people from Africa. 7. This country dominated the slave trade. 8. This instrument allowed navigators to align their latitude by using the stars and other items on the horizon. 9. He is credited with captaining the first ships that circumnavigated the world. 10. 2 words-This vegetable from the New World became popular in China as a staple for poor people. 12. Columbus landed in the islands of the ____. 16. He mapped the east coast of South America and is credited with determining that the land was not Asia but new land. 17. This captain sailed for Spain trying to beat the Portuguese to India by sailing west into the Atlantic. 19. He was the first Portuguese captain to reach India by circumnavigating Africa; helped establish the Portuguese trade empire in the Indian Ocean. 20. This was a small ship equipped with the lateen or triangular sail. 22. Spanish conquistadors brought ____ priests and friars with them to establish missions to spread Christianity in Latin America. 23. These people greeted Columbus by offering him items like cotton and parrots. 24. This mountain was highly mined by indigenous people under the Spanish encomienda system in Peru. 26. This conquistador took Aztec emperor Moctezuma hostage; later conquered Tenochtitlan. 27. He was the first to round the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa in 1488; helped sparked Spain to seek a route to the East.

Down 1. This plant, originally from the New World, eventually became one of the staple crops of Africa. 2. 2 words-This part of the Triangle Trade saw many horrors as enslaved Africans were brought to the Americas. 3. Highly valued from the East and hugely profitable, some of these were worth more than their weight in gold. 4. 2 words-He is credited with helping early Portuguese exploration by founding a school for sailors, captains, cartographers and ship builders. 11. Many ___ leaders and merchants were involved in the slave trade in Africa. 12. This "exchange" transferred new plants, animals, diseases and crops from the New World to the Old World. 13. Prior to exploration, most educated Europeans believed the world was ___. 14. This conquistador held the Inca emperor, Atahualpa, for the largest ransom in history. 15. This was the major crop of Virginia and was native to the New World. 18. This disease is thought to have devastated the native population of the Americas. 21. The motivations for early exploration are said to be the 3 Gs: Gold, Glory and ___. 25. This was the major crop of Portuguese Brazil.