Across
- 2. Main disease that decimated Native American populations
- 9. Wanted their own land/ nation out of the creation of Israel; source of Arab Israeli conflict
- 11. What type of exchange transferred plants, diseases, animals, and tech between the Old and New World
- 12. What religion spread/ flourished across north Africa by merchants?
- 13. Determines a person's caste in Hinduism
- 14. Determines your opportunities
- 15. Ocean that connected Africa, Middle East, India, and Asia for trade and led to cultural/ religious diffusion
Down
- 1. First major monotheistic religion that will influence Christianity and Islam
- 3. Division of India based on religious differences (Hindus v Muslims)
- 4. Used Chinampas to create more farmable land
- 5. Spread religion, culture, and technology in the early modern period (especially between China and Europe)
- 6. Type of Christianity that unified Europe in the Middle Ages
- 7. Limited/ disrupted African tribal groups culture and traditional ways of life--> massive depopulation
- 8. Empire that blocked traditional trade routes by taxing European Christians; increased need to explore!
- 9. Decreased the power of the Catholic Church and causes end of Feudalism
- 10. Interest in traveling to this location increased after Marco Polo's stories of wealth and exploration
- 13. System of land ownership based on services and obligations in the Middle Ages