History Crossword Puzzles
Marco Polo
italy: the country in which marco polo was born, seventeen: the number of years marco spent in china., silk road: overland route used by explorers to the east., …
The Great San Francisco Earthquake
4years : how long did it take to rebuild san francisco?, slip : a ____ of the san andreas fault line., los angeles : how far was it felt to the south?, april18 …
Slang of the 1500s in Spain
gong farmer: person who’s in charge of cleaning out privies, plague doctor: who provided treatments for a plague, cramp-words: difficult words, blood letting: …
Ancient Egypt Terms
hieroglyphics : a system of writing using pictorial symbols, carved or painted on walls, used by ancient egyptians., hittites : an ancient civilization that …
Origins of Ethnic Groups
defeat: win a victory over, indigenous: people who originally lived in a particular area, descendants: someone who is related to a person or group of people who …
Renaissance Inventions and Inventors
astrolabe: medieval sailing instrument, scale: used to weigh yourself, gunpowder: put inside a bullet, used to shoot the gun using a chemical reaction, …
World History Terms
theocracy : what type of government is based on religious authority, harappan : another name for the indus valley civilization that arose along the indus river, …
Making of America
west: the direction that many people travelled in , plains: the great _______ where many native americans lived, president: the person in charge of the us …
Civil War Era
corruption : crime dealt by those in power, scalawags : southern whites who supported reconstruction, sharecropper : masters sharing crops with servants, …
The German 'Revolution' 1918/1919
groener: general _______ struck a deal with ebert in november 1918, communists: this group hated democracy and the empire, commisars: the caretaker government …
Founding Monsters
virginia: the only book thomas jefferson ever wrote was notes on the state of _______., giants: mammoth and mastodon teeth were originally thought to be from …
USA Discovery - Conquest and Settlement
vermont : which colony was the first state to prohibit slavery in its constitution in 1777?, vespucci : which italian explorer was honored by map-makers with …
Ancient India Vocacbulary
pariah : a member of a low caste in india. one that is despised or rejected, an outcast., reincarnation : rebirth of the soul or spirit in different bodies …
Roman Kings
tarquinius priscus : rome's fifth king (10,7), alba longa : original town of romulus and remus (4,5), sabines : people who lost their young women to the romans …
