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