Chapter 16 Review

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Across
  1. 2. – the Spanish explorer who crossed the Isthmus of Panama and discovered the Pacific Ocean
  2. 3. – the Portuguese navigator who discovered Brazil
  3. 4. & Taoism – two religions that originated in China
  4. 6. – an Italian who explored the east cost of North America for France
  5. 10. – the first Englishman to sail around the world
  6. 11. – the location where Sir Walter Raleigh founded a colony
  7. 13. greatest ruler of the Maurya Empire that extended his dominion southward until he controlled over two thirds of the Indian subcontinent
  8. 14. – the Muslim empire that ruled India from 1526 until the 1700’s when the British East India Company came to power
  9. 16. – dynasty that marked the height of ancient China’s power and glory
  10. 19. Henry the Navigator – The Portuguese prince who was consumed with navigation and sent many ships on explorations
  11. 20. – the “founder of Japanese civilization” whose greatest accomplishment was the establishment of a “constitution”
  12. 23. – the Chinese dynasty that developed a system of writing
  13. 25. – the Spanish conquistador who conquered the Aztecs
  14. 27. – the Mongol emperor who ruled the largest empire in history
  15. 29. – the Spainard who conquered the Inca of Peru
  16. 30. – a Viking explorer who may have sailed to America around A.D. 1000
  17. 31. – the clan of Japan’s emperors
  18. 32. – the explorer who made the first Spanish landing on the North American mainland
  19. 34. – first man to realize that Columbus had discovered a new continent
  20. 36. the Chinese inventor of paper
  21. 37. II – King of Spain that probably controlled more of the surface of the earth than any other human being
  22. 39. – developed the first moveable type
  23. 40. – the first European to travel the whole length of Asia
  24. 41. – the world’s longest fortification built primarily for protection from the Huns
Down
  1. 1. – the first European to reach the Far East by sea
  2. 5. – the founder of Quebec, the first French colony in the New World
  3. 7. – the supposed appearance of a soul after death in another body
  4. 8. – the first permanent English settlement in the New World
  5. 9. – discovered the Delaware Bay and the Hudson RiverCabot – the first explorer to reach the North American mainland
  6. 12. – a Portuguese sailor working for Spain who started a three-year voyage around the world
  7. 15. – where Indian civilization first arose about 2000 B.C.
  8. 16. – location of a colony established by Great Britain
  9. 17. – the southern end of Africa around which Bartholomeu Dias navigated
  10. 18. – a system of strict social structure set up by the Aryans that included Brahmans, Kshatriyas, Vaisyas, and Sudras
  11. 21. – the oldest surviving religion of Japan
  12. 22. – international crossroads for trade after Marco Polo visited the islands
  13. 24. – two religions that originated in India
  14. 26. – the greatest ruler of this empire, Asoka, controlled over two-thirds of the Indian subcontinent and promoted Buddhism
  15. 28. – Canada, the Great Lakes region, and the Mississippi Valley
  16. 33. – the dynasty that built the first united Chinese empire
  17. 35. Columbus – the Italian-born adventurer that discovered the America in 1492 on a voyage sponsored by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain
  18. 38. – the Chinese emperor who started the Ch’in dynasty and built the first united Chinese empire.