World History Crossword

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  1. 4. The most famous trade route in the ancient world, transporting luxury goods by land from China to the Mediterranean.
  2. 6. The _____ ______ was a significant change in the way people farmed, allowing people to produce significantly more crops, more efficiently, and with less effort. This occurred in the 1950s and 1960s.
  3. 7. A single group of people who identify themselves together due to cultural or ethnic similarities.
  4. 8. An event that restored imperial rule in Japan in 1868
  5. 10. The most famous ruler of the Mali Empire. His Hajj to Mecca was very significant. He was known for his immense wealth due to his empire’s gold production.
  6. 11. Founder and first Khan of the Mongol Empire
  7. 14. Empire The largest land-based empire in world history. Ruled by nomadic people in Central Asia.
  8. 16. The most famous silver mine in South America owned and operated by the Spanish in their colonial past. Forced and coerced labor was used to work the mines. This silver mine produced more silver than any other spanish owned silver mine and helped make spain rich.
  9. 17. The _____ Revolution was a change in the way of life of early humans. People began switching from hunter-gatherer lifestyles to agriculture. People would begin to learn how to farm and grow crops. People began settling in fertile land and would remain there farming crops. This change was crucial to human history and changed the way people lived.
  10. 18. A policy of expanding a country’s power and influence over other countries and nations through diplomacy or military force
  11. 19. the blending or attempted blending of different religions, cultures, or beliefs
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  1. 1. Status of peasants under feudalism, tying peasants to the land they worked.
  2. 2. An economic policy designed to maximize exports and minimize imports for a country’s economy. It encourages imperialism, colonialism, tariffs on foreign goods, and subsidies on traded goods to accomplish that goal.
  3. 3. The combination of the legal, economic, military, and cultural customs that flourished in medieval Europe between the 9th and 15th centuries with kings and queens ruling over their territories and serfs
  4. 5. The ______ was a period of European cultural, artistic, and economic revolution following the middle ages. Known to take place between the 14th and 17th centuries, this period promoted the rediscovery of classical culture, philosophy, and art.
  5. 9. ___-____ companies were major independent companies funded by wealthy aristocrats and rulers in european countries. They often would build trade posts in foreign lands and sometimes would even colonize other nations.
  6. 11. A term coined to refer to 3 Muslim empires that all existed simultaneously at some point in history. They had strong standing armies armed with modern weaponry such as cannons and other firearms.
  7. 12. A period known as the age of reason. A period of significant scientific, political, and philosophical discourse in European society beginning around 1685.
  8. 13. The longest-lasting of the 3 gunpowder empires. This empire fell following defeat in the first world war.
  9. 15. The _______ Exchange was the exchange of biological entities such as plants, people, animals, and disease between the old world and new world following Columbus’s discovery of the americas.