AP World History Crossword Guide

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Across
  1. 5. Social system of varnas; dividing people into four-five classes (Brahman, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, Sudras, Untouchables)
  2. 8. The end of a Russian feudal system, of peasants and landlords. Occurred under the Tsar in 1861.
  3. 10. Agreement that ended WWI, with serious consequences for the Germans. Located at the Paris Peace Conference on June 28, 1919.
  4. 13. Group of various uprisings in America, France, Haiti, and South America supported by liberalism and enlightenment.
  5. 17. Specific trade system between the Americas, Europe, and Africa: goods included slaves, guns/gunpowder, spices, guns/gunpowder, and other raw materials
  6. 19. The practice or belief in multiple gods or deities of nature
  7. 20. Global economic crisis in light of overproduction and declining economies. Caused mass unemployment and banks to close.
Down
  1. 1. Process where economies, technologies, philosophies, cultures and other ideas are spread throughout the world and shared; ultimately, connecting the world in a variety of ways. Occurred during the Contemporary period.
  2. 2. Movement after the Scientific Revolution stressing reason and individualism over traditional beliefs and values
  3. 3. Transformation from nomadic hunter gatherers society to a sedentary agricultural economy
  4. 4. A Muslim traveler who traveled throughout Africa, Europe, and Asia during the post-classical period; Created many accounts of his stories and travels
  5. 6. Vital series of trade routes connecting China, India, and the Mediterranean throughout history
  6. 7. A city in Saudi Arabia established by the Umayyad tribe; Important in Islam; Contains the Ka’ba
  7. 9. Area near Mesopotamia marking progress of early human civilizations
  8. 11. Philosophy of rational thought; age of reason
  9. 12. Figurative phrase coined by Winston Churchill in 1946 in reference to the USSR’s spread of communism and isolation to satellite states.
  10. 14. The ideology and strong support of a national identity via commonalities. Popular throughout revolutions for independence.
  11. 15. The biological exchange between the Old and New Worlds beginning in 1492
  12. 16. A Sunni Islamic state that controlled various areas of Europe, Asia, and Africa until WWI
  13. 18. Religious upheaval of the Catholic church and beginnings of Protestantism beginning with Martin Luther’s 95 theses