History Crossword

3. The name of this early civilization means “land between two rivers.”
5. The 1954 Geneva Accords used the 17th parallel to divide one country into two. What country?
8. Until 1989, what was Myanmar known as?
9. The ancient Egyptians used what pictorial writing system to help communicate?
10. The period in history between A.D. 395 and A.D. 1500
11. What horse-related sport was popular in ancient Rome, Greece and the Byzantine Empire?
12. What divine notion promoted the westward expansion of U.S. territory including the Louisiana Purchase?
13. What was the capital city of the Inca Empire?
14. The lowest class of people in the feudal system are called
19. Modern-day Istanbul, Turkey, used to be called what when it was the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
21. What was the name of the series of programs and projects President Franklin D. Roosevelt enacted during the Great Depression?
22. In 1853, what country opened its borders to foreigners after being closed for more than 200 years?

1. In the mid-14th century, what catastrophic event accelerated the decline of the feudal system? (Black Death)
2. Who fought in the Hundred Years’ War?
4. What was the name of the confederation of five (later six) nations across upper New York state that played a strategic role in the struggle between the French and British for control of North America?
6. Before European colonization, which group constituted one of the largest politically integrated tribes in the Americas, known for their complex societal structure?
7. About 2,000 years before the Egyptians started using it, the Chinchorro people of Chile came up with which process for preserving their dead?
15. What is the Chinese historic site of imperial power known as?
16. Who was the last czar of Russia?
17. Sharing a name with the character named in 2003 as the American Film Institute's top villain of the previous 100 years, which Carthaginian general is best remembered today for leading an invasion of Italy, having crossed the Alps with war elephants?
18. What Italian physicist and engineer gave rise to the modern study of astronomy in the 1500s?
20. What is the only country in South East Asia that was not colonized?