6th, 7th, & 8th Grade Review

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Across
  1. 3. the Inca civilization that started in South America (Peru), but was conquered by the Spanish
  2. 7. divided Indian society into groups based on a person's birth, wealth, or occupation
  3. 8. a document signed in 1215 by King John of England that required the king to honor certain rights and limited the King's Power(2 words)
  4. 9. spread the idea that reason and logic could improve society(2 words)
  5. 12. the traditional religion of Japan based upon nature (sun, moon, animals, trees, etc.) & they build shrines
  6. 13. four guiding principles that leads to wisdom, enlightenment, and salvation
  7. 14. the society that developed in the eastern Roman Empire (Constantinople) after the fall of the Western Roman Empire (Rome) (2 words)
  8. 15. the belief that the US was destined to expand all the way to the West Coast (2 words)
  9. 16. skill or practice of making maps
  10. 18. a body of stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works
  11. 19. urged people to value and maintain a sense of national unity and wards against the dangers of political parties and relations with foreign powers(4 words)
  12. 22. the study of past based on what people left behind
  13. 23. limit the rights of African Americans in the South and enforced segregation(3 words)
  14. 24. many immigrants came to big cities for work, laborers were treated badly and went on strike often(2 words)
  15. 31. important because it listed the laws and the corresponding punishments(2 words)
  16. 32. the movement in 1800s resulted in the rapid growth of ethnic neighborhoods
  17. 34. Egyptian's writing system using symbols to represent words; first world's written language
  18. 37. ended the power of the city-state and established a unified nation(3 words)
  19. 38. a group of traders that travel together through the desert from place to place
  20. 40. civilization that developed in Mesoamerica that was characterized by great cities, trade and warfare but disappeared
  21. 41. the world's first system of writing
  22. 42. a deadly plague (bubonic plague) that swept through Europe(2 words)
  23. 43. blends ideas from classic liberalism and civic republicanism to form a government that is run by the people for the good of the people; calls for stronger Federal powers
Down
  1. 1. increased production, had the effect of increasing the number of slaves needed for labor in the Deep South, created an economy and a society dominated by large landowners(2 words)
  2. 2. the scattering of the Jews outside of Israel and Judah
  3. 4. emphasized the importance of human equality(2 words)
  4. 5. the most important language of India
  5. 6. a policy of avoiding contact with other countries (for example, China, Japan, practiced isolationism)
  6. 8. first attempt at self-government(2 words)
  7. 10. a type of government in which people rule themselves; meaning "rule of the people"
  8. 11. a series of events that led to the birth of modern science. It was a radical new idea and different way of looking at the world.(2 words)
  9. 17. built the Great Wall of China, Terra-Cotta Soldiers, unified China, Shi Huangdi main contribution to China was the unification of China under one government(2 words)
  10. 20. favored a strong national government, business owners supported his political ideas and policies (2 words)
  11. 21. the period of "rebirth" and creativity that followed Europe's Middle Ages that revived classical Greek and Roman writings and art
  12. 22. the routes crossed the Trans-Saharan Desert to trade their salt and gold with other cultures(3 words)
  13. 25. President Andrew Jackson moved Cherokee Indians off their land in Georgia to Oklahoma (3 words)
  14. 26. known as the "Great Compromiser", designed the American system, an economic plan in order to make the U.S. more financially self-sufficient, developed the Compromise of 1850(2 words)
  15. 27. arose in the area now known as Mesoamerica, in what is now Mexico
  16. 28. most important leader of the Underground Railroad; guided runaways to safe houses where they could spend the night(2 words)
  17. 29. conflict with Mexico became likely following the granting of statehood to Texas
  18. 30. a government on which only a few people have power
  19. 33. religious ideas that oppose accepted church teachings
  20. 35. based on Confucianism, government ruled with this belief, family has strong ties, acupuncture, sundial, seismograph, silk road, diffusion of religion(2words)
  21. 36. a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
  22. 39. English philosopher who thought that government was a contract between the ruler and people(2 words)