World History Vocab

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Across
  1. 1. two conflicts between Britain and the South African Boers.
  2. 2. a large orange-brown butterfly with two tails on each hind wing and complex patterns on the underwings, occurring around the Mediterranean and in Africa.
  3. 5. a country or area in which another country has power to affect developments although it has no formal authority.
  4. 6. the seclusion of women from public observation by means of concealing clothing.
  5. 8. burning a woman alive with her husband's dead body.
  6. 10. a policy of extending a country's power and influence through diplomacy or military force.
  7. 11. a form of individual rights granted by a monarchic ruler or, beginning in the 19th century, by the state, which thereby entitle the recipient to perform a particular action or service.
  8. 12. fathers or male heads of families were understood to be authority figures responsible for the welfare of subordinates and dependents.
  9. 14. imperial or central power takes direct control over the legislature, executive and civil administration of an otherwise largely self-governing territory.
  10. 15. someone who rules a country or province as the representative of his sovereign or king and who is empowered to act in the sovereign's name.
Down
  1. 1. the account that details the value of exported goods and the value of imported goods.
  2. 3. small group of powerful people who hold a disproportionate amount of wealth, privilege, political power, or skill in a group.
  3. 4. Indian soldiers employed within European military garrisons to provide the much-needed manpower for the defense of European colonies in Asia.
  4. 6. a state that is controlled and protected by another.
  5. 7. plan to use existing tribal structures and traditions as conduits for establishing rules and regulations.
  6. 8. a leader.
  7. 9. A mass murder of a large group of people.
  8. 13. meaning “without loss” or “uninjured.”