Exploration & Colonization Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST: mestizos : the children of native americans and europeans, great silk road : overland trade routes linking china to the middle east, import : to bring a product into a country to be sold, mercantilism : 17th century economic belief that a country's prosperity depended on having a large supply of gold and silver, encomienda : the right of spanish landowners in the americas to use native americans as laborers, mestizo : in spain's american colonies, person of mixed spanish and indian background, columbian exchange : the exchange of plants and animals between europe and the americas, export : to send a product to be sold in another country, cash crops : a crop that is grown to be sold rather than used by the farmer, north west passage : a natural waterway through or around north america, plantations : large agricultural estates where crops are grown, peninsulare: person from spain who held a position of power in a spanish colony, creoles : descendants of europeans who were born in latin america, balance of trade : the difference in value of what a nation imports compared to what it exports over time, astrolabe : navigational instrument used to determine latitude while at sea, circumnavigation : sail around a round object, such as the world, mulattoes : the children of africans and europeans, conquistador : spanish conquerors of the americas, colony : an area that is controlled by or belongs to a country and is usually far away from it