Across
- 5. Social system of varnas; dividing people into four-five classes (Brahman, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, Sudras, Untouchables)
- 8. The end of a Russian feudal system, of peasants and landlords. Occurred under the Tsar in 1861.
- 10. Agreement that ended WWI, with serious consequences for the Germans. Located at the Paris Peace Conference on June 28, 1919.
- 13. Group of various uprisings in America, France, Haiti, and South America supported by liberalism and enlightenment.
- 17. Specific trade system between the Americas, Europe, and Africa: goods included slaves, guns/gunpowder, spices, guns/gunpowder, and other raw materials
- 19. The practice or belief in multiple gods or deities of nature
- 20. Global economic crisis in light of overproduction and declining economies. Caused mass unemployment and banks to close.
Down
- 1. Process where economies, technologies, philosophies, cultures and other ideas are spread throughout the world and shared; ultimately, connecting the world in a variety of ways. Occurred during the Contemporary period.
- 2. Movement after the Scientific Revolution stressing reason and individualism over traditional beliefs and values
- 3. Transformation from nomadic hunter gatherers society to a sedentary agricultural economy
- 4. A Muslim traveler who traveled throughout Africa, Europe, and Asia during the post-classical period; Created many accounts of his stories and travels
- 6. Vital series of trade routes connecting China, India, and the Mediterranean throughout history
- 7. A city in Saudi Arabia established by the Umayyad tribe; Important in Islam; Contains the Ka’ba
- 9. Area near Mesopotamia marking progress of early human civilizations
- 11. Philosophy of rational thought; age of reason
- 12. Figurative phrase coined by Winston Churchill in 1946 in reference to the USSR’s spread of communism and isolation to satellite states.
- 14. The ideology and strong support of a national identity via commonalities. Popular throughout revolutions for independence.
- 15. The biological exchange between the Old and New Worlds beginning in 1492
- 16. A Sunni Islamic state that controlled various areas of Europe, Asia, and Africa until WWI
- 18. Religious upheaval of the Catholic church and beginnings of Protestantism beginning with Martin Luther’s 95 theses
