History Crossword Puzzles
The Industrial Revolution
countryside: where 80% of people lived and worked in 1750, , railway: the first one was between stockton and darlington (1825) and was used to transport coal., …
Ancient History
irrigation : the controlled distribution of water to crops and fields to support agriculture., fossil : the preserved remains or traces of ancient organisms, …
6th Grade Ancient Civilizations
untouchable: in the caste system, someone who is at the very bottom of the social structure, mesopotamia: the land between two rivers, moses: freed the egyptian …
Solomon's Temple
david: king _______ wanted to build a special place to worship god., special: david wanted the ark of god to have a _______ home., solomon: god had chosen …
Inventions
handgun : a short-barrelled firearm that can be held and used with one hand., wheel : a circular component that is intended to rotate on an axle bearing, …
1950's Era
eisenhower : which president created the interstate highway act of 1953, elvis presley : american musician referred to as the "king of rock and roll", …
Prohibition and the 1920s Era
bootlegger : a person who made/sold alcohol during the prohibition, great migration : the mass movement of african americans from the rural south to the urban …
Charles Dickens
christmas carol : his most popular christmas story was a..., literature : charles dickens changed..., ravens : he had pet..., actor : dickens dreamt of being …
Martin Luther King
montgomery: where mlk lived and worked, i have a dream: the name of mlk's famous speech, back: where black people sat on the bus, twenty nine: 19__, year of …
Ancient Sumer
Sumer is the earliest known civilization in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia, emerging during the Chalcolithic and early Bronze Ages between the sixth and fifth millennium BC.
Westward Expansion
ma war: a territorial conflict between mexico and the u.s. between 1846 and 1848., james k polk: the 11th president of the united states, who pushed for …
Roaring 20s and Great Depression
prohibition: _____ is the increase of the illegal production and sale of liquor , production: farmers increase in ________ made fall more into debt, france: …
Major Battles of WW2
leningrad: the 900 day siege, iwo jima: image by joe rosenthal, bulge: the woods of the ardennes, monte cassino: a battle against the german defensive positions …
Geologic Time
trace fossil : remains of plants or animals that were very abundant and existed briefly , cyanobacteria : microscopic,photosynthetic prokaryotes , epoch : time …
Southern Colonies
lord baltimore: who founded maryland?, england: who got the most profit when they traded?, carolina: what state became two separate colonies?, oglethorpe: who …
Ancient Egypt
pyramid : triangle tomb, sphinx : statue of half lion/half human, hieroglyphs : ancient egyptian writing, arabic : language of egypt, egypt : capital of egypt, …
Vietnam War
battalion : military unit comprised of two or more companies of soldiers, boondocks : heavily forested or swampy areas, terrain of most of vietnam, cambodia : …
The Holocaust
holocaust: mass destruction by fire; the killing of over 6 million jews during the reign of nazi germany, gestapo: the german secret police during the nazi …
Women's History Month
atlantic: amelia earhart was the first woman to cross the ___________ in an airplane in 1928, hillary clinton: ______________, was the first first lady ever …
World War I
invasion: an attack by an armed force to conquer another country., militarism: a policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared …