Rex History Test #1 Crossword
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
 
 
Down: 1) religious/ethical framework for government, law, and social concerns (first emphasized by the Puritans)2) a fierce belief in the "specialness" of America (aka "American Exeptionalism"), optimistic about the future 4) string and knots ("talking knots") device used by the Incas for keeping records 6) Latin for "Out of Many One"8) a religion started by George Fox (William Penn Jr. was a Quaker) 11) Indian wo helped the Pilgrims 15) Charles II gave this land to the Penn family (William Penn Sr. and Jr.) in 168117) free land in return for those in England who came to the colony on their own 20) know as "the Navigator," Prince Henry of Portugal started a navigation school at Sagres to help Europe launch the Age of Discovery22) Stuart King who fought and lost to Oliver Cromwell in the English Civil War25) Christian military campaigns to reclaim the Holy Land (Jerusalem) from the Muslims (11-13th century)27) key Pilgrim leader of the Plymouth Plantation; wrote On Plymouth Plantation29) founded Connecticut; Fundament Orders of Connecticut (1639) - first written constitution 30) Spanish military forts located in the frontiers of New Spain31) founded Rode Island; "separation of church and state" 33) patriotic English geographer who stressed the importance of nationalism as the prime motivation for empire-building34) tobacco (discovered by John Rolfe)35) scientific/technological progress (new ideas, solutions, inventions, etc.) usually for practical material advancement39) the first "resident" governor of Jamestown / Virginia41) "floating gardens" used by the Aztecs to grow food42) 2nd generation Protestant Reformation leader - stressed predestination (influenced puritans in England) 45) known as the Restoration King, son of Charles I (when the Stuart line returned to the throne in 1660) Across: 3) the last Lord Inca (ruler)5) first permanent English settle in New World (1607)7) the interaction / exchange (Native American, European African) of plants, food, animals, language, art music, religion, cultures, etc. between the Old and New World9) Puritan female theologian accused of "antinomianism" ("against the law"); banished to Rhode Island10) James II became king in 1685, but William and Mary replaced him in the Glorious Revolution in 1688 (Stuart Line ends) 12) remote stone mountain city built by the Incas; discovered in the early 20th century13) advanced New World civilization destroyed by conquistador Hernan Cortes (1519-1521) 14) land-ice bridge between Asia and North America (possible route used by the first Americans) 16) founded New Netherlands for Holland in 1609 before exploring for England in North America (Hudson Bay)18) credited with starting the Protestant Reformation in 1517 with his 95 Theses (challenging indulgences and other RC teachings)19) key Puritan leader of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1630) - start of the Great Puritan Migration21) another advanced New World civilization, but it had collapsed before the Age of Columbus23) the first documented African to reach and explore the New World24) New Mexico site known for ancient Indian artifacts 26) defeated Richard III in 1485 to end the War of the Roses, unify England, and start the Tudor Line as King Henry VII28) sailed to the New World in 1497 for England (but considered a "sea dog" or pirate by Spain)32) growing corn, beans, squash together (efficient use of land)36) horrific trip for African slaves across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World (involuntary immigrants) 37) the first Europeans to reach North America 500 years before Columbus; set up the temporary settlement in modern day Newfoundland known as L'anse Aux Meadows38) once back in power, Charles II started another English wave of colonization in North America known as the Restoration Colonies40) finding common ground for a solution (generally used in a political context)43) large city (around 40,000) located near St. Louis built in the Ohio Valley44) Pilgrams (separatist) and "strangers" came on the Mayflower in 1620 (but landed in the wrong spot so created the Mayflower Compact) 46) Ming Dynasty (Chinese) admiral who may have reached the New World a century before Columbus47) Carles II created this colony when he seized it from the Dutch in the 1660s (formerly New Netherlands)48) a representative chosen by the King to rule a part of New Spain49) advanced new world civilization destroyed by conquistador Francisco Pizarro (1531) 50) the last English cooly founded in 1732 by James Oglethorpe (under the Hanover King George II)51) famous Mali king known for wealth / gold; key city Timbuktu52) a famous explorer / military leader for England (but considered a "sea dog" or pirate by Spain)53) started with James I (1603) after the Tudor line ended54) French nobles who were given huge tracts of land in the New France (French Canada)55) map-maker Martin Waldseemueller named the New World "America" after this Spanish explorer
 

 

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