Quarter Final Crossword Challenge

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  1. 4. The transfer of plants, animals, diseases, people, and ideas between the Americas and Afro-Eurasia after 1492.
  2. 5. The forced migration of millions of Africans to the Americas for labor on plantations.
  3. 7. A major European empire that conquered large parts of the Americas and extracted resources like silver.
  4. 8. A monotheistic religion that expanded through trade, conquest, and missionary activity across Afro-Eurasia.
  5. 11. A Muslim-ruled empire in South Asia known for cultural blending and strong centralized rule.
  6. 12. A key leader of independence movements that helped liberate several South American colonies from Spanish rule.
  7. 13. A powerful Islamic empire that helped spread Islam and facilitated trade and scholarship across the Middle East and beyond.
  8. 17. The shift from hand production to machine manufacturing that transformed economies and societies.
  9. 20. A major revolution beginning in 1789 that overthrew the monarchy and promoted liberty, equality, and fraternity.
  10. 21. An intellectual movement emphasizing reason, natural rights, and individual freedoms that inspired revolutionary ideas.
  11. 24. A powerful Islamic empire that controlled parts of the Middle East, North Africa, and southeastern Europe.
  12. 25. A Persian empire known for establishing Shi'a Islam as the state religion.
  13. 27. A wealthy West African empire famous for gold trade and the pilgrimage of Mansa Musa.
  14. 28. French military and political leader who rose to power after the French Revolution; spread revolutionary ideas across Europe through conquest
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  1. 1. Conflicts between China and Britain in the 19th century over the opium trade that forced China to open trade ports to Western powers.
  2. 2. Maritime trade routes linking East Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, and Southeast Asia.
  3. 3. The 1868 political revolution in Japan that restored imperial rule and led to rapid modernization and industrialization.
  4. 6. A period when European powers explored and established sea routes across the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
  5. 9. Overland trade routes connecting East Asia, Central Asia, and the Middle East that exchanged luxury goods and ideas.
  6. 10. A religion originating in India that spread widely through trade routes into East and Southeast Asia becoming the major religion of the Song Dynasty
  7. 14. The largest contiguous land empire in history, founded by Genghis Khan, which connected trade routes across Eurasia.
  8. 15. A Chinese dynasty (960–1279) known for economic growth, technological innovation, and expansion of trade.
  9. 16. The colonial revolt (1775–1783) that created the United States and influenced later revolutions.
  10. 18. A trade system connecting Europe, Africa, and the Americas involving manufactured goods, enslaved people, and raw materials.
  11. 19. A successful slave revolt in the French colony of Saint-Domingue that led to the creation of Haiti in 1804.
  12. 21. A Spanish colonial labor system that forced Indigenous peoples in the Americas to work for Spanish landowners.
  13. 22. Trade routes across the Sahara Desert that connected West African states with North Africa and the Mediterranean.
  14. 23. A Chinese philosophy emphasizing hierarchy, education, and proper social relationships; strongly influenced Chinese government.
  15. 26. An economic system where nations sought to increase wealth by controlling trade and accumulating precious metals.