Across
- 3. based on Confucianism, government ruled with this belief, family has strong ties, acupuncture, sundial, seismograph, silk road, diffusion of religion(2words)
- 5. conflict with Mexico became likely following the granting of statehood to Texas
- 11. a body of stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works
- 13. the routes crossed the Trans-Saharan Desert to trade their salt and gold with other cultures(3 words)
- 14. many immigrants came to big cities for work, laborers were treated badly and went on strike often(2 words)
- 16. known as the "Great Compromiser", designed the American system, an economic plan in order to make the U.S. more financially self-sufficient, developed the Compromise of 1850(2 words)
- 19. a government on which only a few people have power
- 20. a policy of avoiding contact with other countries (for example, China, Japan, practiced isolationism)
- 22. a series of events that led to the birth of modern science. It was a radical new idea and different way of looking at the world.(2 words)
- 25. a deadly plague (bubonic plague) that swept through Europe(2 words)
- 26. emphasized the importance of human equality(2 words)
- 27. the world's first system of writing
- 29. favored a strong national government, business owners supported his political ideas and policies (2 words)
- 31. limit the rights of African Americans in the South and enforced segregation(3 words)
- 32. arose in the area now known as Mesoamerica, in what is now Mexico
- 34. the society that developed in the eastern Roman Empire (Constantinople) after the fall of the Western Roman Empire (Rome) (2 words)
- 36. ended the power of the city-state and established a unified nation(3 words)
- 39. religious ideas that oppose accepted church teachings
- 41. President Andrew Jackson moved Cherokee Indians off their land in Georgia to Oklahoma (3 words)
- 42. the movement in 1800s resulted in the rapid growth of ethnic neighborhoods
- 43. a group of traders that travel together through the desert from place to place
- 44. the period of "rebirth" and creativity that followed Europe's Middle Ages that revived classical Greek and Roman writings and art
Down
- 1. the scattering of the Jews outside of Israel and Judah
- 2. divided Indian society into groups based on a person's birth, wealth, or occupation
- 4. urged people to value and maintain a sense of national unity and wards against the dangers of political parties and relations with foreign powers(4 words)
- 6. a type of government in which people rule themselves; meaning "rule of the people"
- 7. increased production, had the effect of increasing the number of slaves needed for labor in the Deep South, created an economy and a society dominated by large landowners(2 words)
- 8. four guiding principles that leads to wisdom, enlightenment, and salvation
- 9. the traditional religion of Japan based upon nature (sun, moon, animals, trees, etc.) & they build shrines
- 10. Egyptian's writing system using symbols to represent words; first world's written language
- 12. the Inca civilization that started in South America (Peru), but was conquered by the Spanish
- 15. the study of past based on what people left behind
- 17. civilization that developed in Mesoamerica that was characterized by great cities, trade and warfare but disappeared
- 18. the belief that the US was destined to expand all the way to the West Coast (2 words)
- 21. a document signed in 1215 by King John of England that required the king to honor certain rights and limited the King's Power(2 words)
- 23. skill or practice of making maps
- 24. a mixture of rich soil and tiny rocks
- 28. built the Great Wall of China, Terra-Cotta Soldiers, unified China, Shi Huangdi main contribution to China was the unification of China under one government(2 words)
- 30. first attempt at self-government(2 words)
- 31. English philosopher who thought that government was a contract between the ruler and people(2 words)
- 33. spread the idea that reason and logic could improve society(2 words)
- 35. most important leader of the Underground Railroad; guided runaways to safe houses where they could spend the night(2 words)
- 37. important because it listed the laws and the corresponding punishments(2 words)
- 38. blends ideas from classic liberalism and civic republicanism to form a government that is run by the people for the good of the people; calls for stronger Federal powers
- 40. the most important language of India