History Crossword Puzzles
Prehistoric Fossils
paleontologist: the study of fossils intrigue me, chickens: we are actually dinosaurs, extinct: i no longer exist, triceratops: the last known true dinosaur, …
Mosaic Black History
piano : duke ellington was a noted musician, composer and orchestra leader . what was his principle instrument?, ohio : john mercer langston was the first …
African American History
slavery : period when colored people were not free and forced to work., rosa parks : she refused to give her seat to a white person on a bus., activist : a …
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.
The Iron Age
furnace: a type of oven used to make iron, bellows: tools to blow air into a furnace and make it very hot, iron: a strong, hard metal that can be used to make …
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 …
The Stone Ages and Early Cultures
prehistory: a time before there was writing, ancestor: relative who lived in the past, hominid: an early ancestor of humans, tool: any handheld object that has …
Life in Ancient Egypt
mummy : a body that has been preserved so it will not decompose, labor : another word for work, afterlife : a life believed to follow death, embalming : the …
Age of Napoleon
marie louise: who did napoleon marry on march 20th, 1810?, catholic church: by crowning himself, napoleon symbolized his power over the _______________, …
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 …
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 …
Cold War Key Words
superpower : a country that has influence and power, hiroshima : the first city in japan where the atomic bomb was used, manhattan project : the project to …
The First Thanksgiving
three: the original event was a ________ day celebration., massasoit: the leader of the native american tribe who visited the colonists., harvest: the reason …
