Age of Exploration Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• oppression : cruel or unfair treatment by those in power
• resistance : efforts to fight back against control or invasion
• exploitation : using people or resources unfairly for profit
• conquistador : spanish soldier who explored and conquered the americas
• indigenous : native to a land before outsiders arrived
• genocide : the deliberate killing of an entire group of people
• extraction : removal of natural resources for profit
• smallpox : deadly disease that devastated native populations
• forced labor : work required under threat or punishment
• cultural assimilation : being forced to adopt another group’s culture
• missionary : a person sent to spread religion
• empire : a group of territories ruled by one power
• colonization : when one country takes control of another land and its people
• tribute : payments demanded by conquerors
• displacement : being forced to leave one’s home
• conquest : taking land by force
• ethnocentrism : belief that one culture is superior to others
• enslavement : forcing people to work without freedom
• imperialism : a policy of expanding power through land or economic control
• disease : illnesses that spread rapidly during exploration