Chapter 16 Review
Across
- 2. – the Spanish explorer who crossed the Isthmus of Panama and discovered the Pacific Ocean
- 3. – the Portuguese navigator who discovered Brazil
- 4. & Taoism – two religions that originated in China
- 6. – an Italian who explored the east cost of North America for France
- 10. – the first Englishman to sail around the world
- 11. – the location where Sir Walter Raleigh founded a colony
- 13. greatest ruler of the Maurya Empire that extended his dominion southward until he controlled over two thirds of the Indian subcontinent
- 14. – the Muslim empire that ruled India from 1526 until the 1700’s when the British East India Company came to power
- 16. – dynasty that marked the height of ancient China’s power and glory
- 19. Henry the Navigator – The Portuguese prince who was consumed with navigation and sent many ships on explorations
- 20. – the “founder of Japanese civilization” whose greatest accomplishment was the establishment of a “constitution”
- 23. – the Chinese dynasty that developed a system of writing
- 25. – the Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztecs
- 27. – the Mongol emperor who ruled the largest empire in history
- 29. – the Spainard who conquered the Inca of Peru
- 30. – a Viking explorer who may have sailed to America around A.D. 1000
- 31. – the clan of Japan’s emperors
- 32. – the explorer who made the first Spanish landing on the North American mainland
- 34. – first man to realize that Columbus had discovered a new continent
- 36. the Chinese inventor of paper
- 37. II – King of Spain that probably controlled more of the surface of the earth than any other human being
- 39. – developed the first moveable type
- 40. – the first European to travel the whole length of Asia
- 41. – the world’s longest fortification built primarily for protection from the Huns
Down
- 1. – the first European to reach the Far East by sea
- 5. – the founder of Quebec, the first French colony in the New World
- 7. – the supposed appearance of a soul after death in another body
- 8. – the first permanent English settlement in the New World
- 9. – discovered the Delaware Bay and the Hudson RiverCabot – the first explorer to reach the North American mainland
- 12. – a Portuguese sailor working for Spain who started a three-year voyage around the world
- 15. – where Indian civilization first arose about 2000 B.C.
- 16. – location of a colony established by Great Britain
- 17. – the southern end of Africa around which Bartholomeu Dias navigated
- 18. – a system of strict social structure set up by the Aryans that included Brahmans, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, and Sudras
- 21. – the oldest surviving religion of Japan
- 22. – international crossroads for trade after Marco Polo visited the islands
- 24. – two religions that originated in India
- 26. – the greatest ruler of this empire, Asoka, controlled over two-thirds of the Indian subcontinent and promoted Buddhism
- 28. – Canada, the Great Lakes region, and the Mississippi Valley
- 33. – the dynasty that built the first united Chinese empire
- 35. Columbus – the Italian-born adventurer that discovered the America in 1492 on a voyage sponsored by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain
- 38. – the Chinese emperor who started the Ch’in dynasty and built the first united Chinese empire.