History Crossword

2. It feared Hindu domination in India and called for a separate Muslim state
6. A period of starvation
8. Called for by the US to allow trade to open to everyone on an equal basis
9. He strengthened and modernized Egypt by improving tax collection, reorganizing landholding, improving farming methods, and expanding cotton production
10. An independent Muslim state formed in 1947
13. Adopted by Gandhi, this behavior was called satyagraha, or "soul force"
16. A deliberate attempt to destroy an entire religious or ethnic group
17. The refusal to follow laws one deems unfair
18. Leader of the Taiping Rebellion, he supported land reform, communal ownership of property, and equality for women and men.
21. He was a leader that united all Indians, nicknamed "Mahatama," or great soul
22. Launched in the 1860s by the Chinese. They built factories, made modern weapons, and developed railroads, shipyards, mining, and light industry

1. Rebellion by the Righteous Harmonious Fists, also known as the "Boxers." The goal was to drive out the "foreign devils" with modern lifestyles
3. Britain forced China to sign this, giving Britain a huge indemnity
4. The right to live under China's own laws and be tried in Britain's courts
5. Gandhi and 78 followers marched 240 miles to sea to protest the monopoly on salt
7. A French entrepreneur who organized a company to build the Suez Canal
9. They were distrusted by the Muslim Turks and accused of supporting Russian plans against the Ottoman Empire
11. Areas of control
12. Indian soldiers in their service to serve anywhere
14. A war where the British defeated China, caused by the British act of ignoring Chinese threat of executing merchants and drug dealers
15. A 100 mile waterway to link the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea
19. Sepoys brutally massacred British men, women, and children
20. A Chinese rebellion led by Hong Xiuquan due to poverty and misery for peasants