World History Crossword

4. Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain
6. One of several hunting-gathering societies in old and present day Africa. They are Forest Dwellers who traded with farming villages.
8. The buying and selling of church offices
9. A split in the Church that occurred when there was a both a pope ruling from Rome and a pope ruling from Avignon
11. Signed in 1215 by king John after losing land in France. Limited monarchy, no taxation without representation, due process of law.
12. labor tribute that the Incans demanded from their conquered peoples.
13. The last mound builder culture that lasted between AD 800-1500s.
17. A tax that required Christian families to give one tenth of their yearly income to church
18. ”The Feathered Serpent” one of the Aztec gods
20. Mali's first great leader, came to power by crushing a cruel unpopular leader
22. 3rd son of Shah Jahan who executed his older brother and arrested his father. He expanded the Mughal Empire to its largest size by wars.
23. People who came from Cambodia and built the longest lasting empire of the region.
25. A society that traces their ancestors through fathers.
27. Temujin; greatest Mongol ruler; used cruelty as a weapon.

1. Pope who urged the crusades to regain Jerusalem, hoped to reunite Roman and Byzantine christians
2. A period of European history meaning “rebirth”
3. 17 yr old peasant girl who led French army in 1492 to a victory against England
5. English king that left the catholic church and started the Church of England
7. A Frankish dynasty founded by Pepin the Short, Charlemagne's father that ruled from 751 to 987
10. An English colony that was named for King James.
13. A society that traces their ancestors through mothers, but men still held positions of authority.
14. A disease believed to have been brought to Europe by trade ships from Asia. Named by the black swellings that grow on the victim.
15. worldly rather than spiritual
16. Anatolian Turks that saw themselves as warriors for Islam
19. System of knotted strings utilized by the Incas
21. Grandson of Babur and Mughal emperor who was very tolerant of other religions, and even married hindu princesses.
24. Japan’s golden age. Named after the capital of Japan at the time. People appreciated poetry, nature, and beauty during this time.
26. The most famous Khmer temple to the Hindu god Vishnu.