British Empire Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. The buying and selling of human beings
  2. 5. All the colonies ruled by Britain together
  3. 7. When people fight back against rule
  4. 8. Precious metal mined in South Africa
  5. 9. A company that began British rule in India
  6. 11. Taking over and ruling other lands
  7. 13. Monarch during the height of the British Empire
  8. 15. An uprising against colonial control
  9. 16. When a country gains freedom from empire
Down
  1. 1. A colony used for convicts and settlers
  2. 2. Large farms worked by enslaved people
  3. 3. The exchange of goods between nations
  4. 6. Country once called the “Jewel in the Crown”
  5. 10. Continent divided up during the Scramble
  6. 12. Sweet crop grown on Caribbean plantations
  7. 14. Sparkly gemstone