Honors World History Crossword

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  1. 1. Postulated a world of many nations, all of them equal under God
  2. 5. Opened in November 1869 and remains the fastest and most direct maritime trade link between Asia and Europe.
  3. 6. To save lives and alleviate suffering by ensuring that vulnerable and crisis-affected individuals receive assistance and protection.
  4. 8. The study and implementation of various theories and societal practices that purport to apply biological concepts of natural selection
  5. 9. Known as the Westernization or Western Affairs Movement, was a period of radical institutional reforms initiated in China during the late Qing dynasty
  6. 11. Britain's desire to unite the British South African territories of Cape Colony and Natal with the Boer republics of the Orange Free State and the South African Republic
  7. 14. Welsh actor. Noted for his mellifluous baritone voice, established himself as a formidable Shakespearean actor in the 1950s
  8. 20. One of Ethiopia's greatest leaders, ruling as King and Emperor of Ethiopia
  9. 21. An ethnic group and nation native to the Armenian highlands of West Asia.
  10. 22. The United States diplomatic policy established in the late 19th and early 20th century that called for a system of equal trade and investment
  11. 24. A major uprising in India in 1857–58 against the rule of the British East India Company
  12. 28. American professional boxer and activist. Nicknamed "the Greatest"
  13. 32. A state that is under protection by another state for defence against aggression and other violations of law.
  14. 33. Result in malnutrition, starvation, disease, and high death rates
  15. 34. An idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state.
  16. 35. Treaty that ended the first Opium War, the first of the unequal treaties between China and foreign imperialist powers
  17. 36. Scottish physician, Congregationalist, and pioneer Christian missionary with the London Missionary Society, an explorer in Africa, who wanted to abolish slavery,
  18. 37. The refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines
  19. 41. Evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one's own culture.
  20. 42. A country in West Africa, bordering Sierra Leone, Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire. On the Atlantic coast, the capital city of Monrovia
  21. 43. Term widely used by historians to describe the invasion, annexation, division, and colonization of most of Africa by seven Western European powers
  22. 44. Conflicts waged between China and Western powers during the mid-19th century.
  23. 45. The Persian-derived term from the word "sipahi" or a professional Indian infantryman, traditionally armed with a musket, in the armies of the Mughal Empire.
  24. 46. Refers primarily to evaluated information about the capabilities and intentions of foreign governments
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  1. 2. A system of institutionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa from 1948 to the early 1990s.
  2. 3. Known as the Taiping Civil War or the Taiping Revolution, was a massive civil war in China
  3. 4. Sometimes called civil resistance, is the practice of achieving goals such as social change through symbolic protests
  4. 7. In the early 1600s, the British king began establishing colonies in America
  5. 10. An Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule.
  6. 12. Securing Muslim representation in local government
  7. 13. An uprising against foreigners that occurred in China about 1900
  8. 15. The claim by a state to exclusive or predominant control over a foreign area or territory.
  9. 16. A French diplomat and later developer of the Suez Canal
  10. 17. A system of government of one nation by another in which the governed people retain certain administrative and legal powers
  11. 18. A policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force
  12. 19. Established the legal claim by Europeans that all of Africa could be occupied
  13. 23. Established the Congo Free State by brutally seizing the African landmass as his personal possession
  14. 25. Refers to the application of a nation's law to persons, conduct, or property outside its own territory.
  15. 26. A system of government in which a province is controlled by a central government.
  16. 27. Corresponded to Kipling's belief that the British Empire was the Englishman's "Divine Burden to reign God's Empire on Earth"
  17. 29. A country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of 241.5 million people
  18. 30. A concept used to justify legitimacy of slavery
  19. 31. The intentional destruction of a people in whole or in part.
  20. 38. The twenty-four day march lasted from 12 March to 5 April 1930 as direct action campaign of tax resistance/nonviolent protest
  21. 39. A person sent on a religious mission, especially one sent to promote Christianity in a foreign country.
  22. 40. The claim by a state to exclusive or predominant control over a foreign area or territory.