Rex History Test #1 Crossword
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
                                                          
 
 
Down: 1) the last English cooly founded in 1732 by James Oglethorpe (under the Hanover King George II)2) growing corn, beans, squash together (efficient use of land)4) Latin for "Out of Many One"5) scientific/technological progress (new ideas, solutions, inventions, etc.) usually for practical material advancement7) Charles II gave this land to the Penn family (William Penn Sr. and Jr.) in 16818) the first documented African to reach and explore the New World10) Pilgrams (separatist) and "strangers" came on the Mayflower in 1620 (but landed in the wrong spot so created the Mayflower Compact) 12) family line (ancestors) traced though the female side of the family (Native American and African cultures)14) key Pilgrim leader of the Plymouth Plantation; wrote On Plymouth Plantation16) known as the Restoration King, son of Charles I (when the Stuart line returned to the throne in 1660) 18) the interaction / exchange (Native American, European African) of plants, food, animals, language, art music, religion, cultures, etc. between the Old and New World20) founded Connecticut; Fundament Orders of Connecticut (1639) - first written constitution 21) Spanish military forts located in the frontiers of New Spain23) string and knots ("talking knots") device used by the Incas for keeping records 25) New Mexico site known for ancient Indian artifacts 26) tobacco (discovered by John Rolfe)27) a representative chosen by the King to rule a part of New Spain28) key Puritan leader of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1630) - start of the Great Puritan Migration29) the first "resident" governor of Jamestown / Virginia30) founded New Netherlands for Holland in 1609 before exploring for England in North America (Hudson Bay)33) advanced New World civilization destroyed by conquistador Hernan Cortes (1519-1521) 34) a famous explorer / military leader for England (but considered a "sea dog" or pirate by Spain)36) horrific trip for African slaves across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World (involuntary immigrants) 41) Carles II created this colony when he seized it from the Dutch in the 1660s (formerly New Netherlands)44) famous Mali king known for wealth / gold; key city Timbuktu46) traders who lived along the coast of North Africa 48) Stuart King who fought and lost to Oliver Cromwell in the English Civil War Across: 3) founded Rode Island; "separation of church and state" 6) large city (around 40,000) located near St. Louis built in the Ohio Valley9) the first representative body in the New World (1619)11) massive earthen mound built built in the Ohio Valley 13) started with James I (1603) after the Tudor line ended15) 2nd generation Protestant Reformation leader - stressed predestination (influenced puritans in England) 17) sailed to the New World in 1497 for England (but considered a "sea dog" or pirate by Spain)19) the last Lord Inca (ruler)22) Indian wo helped the Pilgrims 24) French nobles who were given huge tracts of land in the New France (French Canada)31) map-maker Martin Waldseemueller named the New World "America" after this Spanish explorer32) once back in power, Charles II started another English wave of colonization in North America known as the Restoration Colonies35) another advanced New World civilization, but it had collapsed before the Age of Columbus37) an economy system based on a favorable balance of trade using heavy regulation in order to build up the state38) 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 Meadows39) advanced new world civilization destroyed by conquistador Francisco Pizarro (1531) 40) know as "the Navigator," Prince Henry of Portugal started a navigation school at Sagres to help Europe launch the Age of Discovery42) Christian military campaigns to reclaim the Holy Land (Jerusalem) from the Muslims (11-13th century)43) "floating gardens" used by the Aztecs to grow food45) Ming Dynasty (Chinese) admiral who may have reached the New World a century before Columbus47) Puritan female theologian accused of "antinomianism" ("against the law"); banished to Rhode Island49) land-ice bridge between Asia and North America (possible route used by the first Americans) 50) early English explorer along the East Coast of North America; lost at sea in 1583 ("Pathfinder of the British Empire")51) the last Tudor ruler (died in 1603); established the "Middle Way" (Anglican Church) in England and defeated Philip II's Spanish Armada in 158852) defeated Richard III in 1485 to end the War of the Roses, unify England, and start the Tudor Line as King Henry VII53) finding common ground for a solution (generally used in a political context)54) common language / culture in East Africa (Arabic and Asian influences due to early trade routes) 55) a fierce belief in the "specialness" of America (aka "American Exeptionalism"), optimistic about the future
 

 

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