Hard Crossword Puzzles

Hard Crosswords

These crosswords are intended to be pretty hard to complete. They are made up of more than 20 words of any size. To view or print a hard crossword puzzle click on its title.

Title	Subject	Instructions / Description	Sample Puzzle Hints
Ancient China	World Geography		Ceral grain. New version of Confucianism based on the teachings of Laozi.. High ruler in Ancient China. Collection od ideas and sayings by Confucious. Ideas and philosophy of Confucious.
Ancient China	World Geography		moral values. is a device that measures the strength of an earthquake . uses the position of shadow cast by the sun to tell the time of day. a soft, light, highly valued fabric . stressed living in harmony with the Dao, the guiding force of all reality.
Ancient China	History		measures and records details of earthquakes. first dynasty in Ancient China. philosopher that believed that China should go back to ethics. tells the time of the day based on the position of the sun. yellowish-gray windblown sediment.
Ancient China	Asian History		King gives land for more military protection. enforced peace throughout Asia, responsible for more territory and larger population. 1029-258 B.C.E. dynasty that seized Yangte River, ruled with alliances. Chinese Philosopher, came from an aristocratic family. origins dating to the Zhou Dynasty Laozi founded this philosophy.
Ancient China	History		Another word for a Chinese king. A major ancient Chinese religion. Most spoken language in China. Ancient healing practice using needles . Chinese writing is known as .
Ancient China	Asian History	Find and Complete the Crossword	a sovereign ruler of an empire.. a person held in servitude as the chattel of another. a person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially one dealing with foreign countries or supplying goods to a particular trade.. precious metal that China was known for. Continent that China is located.
Ancient China	World Geography		200 years of fighting under Zhou rule.. Government based on talent and ability.. Trading goods over long distances.. A formal order. . Farming..
Ancient China	World Geography		only Chinese emporer. belief one should withdrawl from the world and study nature. enables body's life force energy to move properly. life size soldiers. ideas and teachings of Confucious.
Ancient China Key Words	Spelling Lists		A philosophy based on reincarnation and the eightfold path to enlightenment.. Beautiful handwriting, painted onto silk or paper with a brush.. Type of rule where the ruler owns land and allows others to use it in return for money or service.. The track across Central Asia that the ancient Chinese traders travelled along selling silk and other goods.. Referring to an empire or large area under control of one government..
Ancient Chinese	World Geography		This was the Chinese philosopher that believed you should have a sense of duty.. A character that stands for objects.. Founder of the Han dynasty.. To unify China a canal was built to this city.. Harmony with nature..
Ancient Civilization: Africa and Asia	World Geography		Oldest form of writing in which symbols are used to represent ideas. Hebrew Sacred Text. Worship of many gods. The New Stone Age. Sumerian Temple.
Ancient Civilizations	History		The monotheistic religion of the Jews. Written language made with wedge-shaped characters. Independent urban political domains that controlled the surrounding countrysides. Worship more than one god. Belief in a single god.
Ancient Cliff Dwellers	History		a person who is related to someone and who lives after them, such as their child or grandchild. from a time in human history before recorded events; very old. a hole in the floor of a kiva that is the doorway between the spirit world and the real world. a dark, heavy soil containing. pictures painted on stone.
Ancient Egypt	History		the disk of the sun in ancient Egyptian mythology,. a large vault, typically an underground one, for burying the dead.. a plaster cast taken of a dead person's face, used to make a mask or model.. a monumental structure with a square or triangular base and sloping sides that meet in a point at the top, especially one built of stone as a royal tomb in ancient Egypt.. A mythological beast with the body of a lion and the head of a pharaoh or god.
Ancient Egypt	History		the ruler of ancient Egypt. some one who grows crops. a large dung beetle regarded as sacred in ancient Egypt . the growing season. the harvesting season.
Ancient Egypt	History		Pharaoh that practiced monotheism and worshipped Aton. Place where kings and queens were buried without individual pyramids. Jars that held organs of a dead body, the jars were stored in the tombs. Name of of step pyramid, it was essentially six Mastabas stacked on top of eachother. The Egyptians form of writign.
Ancient Egypt	History		The planting season. The harvesting season. This person designed the Step Pyramid. What the mummy was wrapped in. The crown worn on the pharaoh’s head after Upper and Lower Egypt were united.
Ancient Egypt	History		The area of Egypt north of Thebes, including the delta.. An Egyptian word meaning the black earth, the fertile soil of the Nile River Valley.. A structure for the burial of the dead.. Deposited soil at the mouth of a river.. The area of Egypt south of Thebes..
Ancient Egypt and Nubia	History		_________ is a region in Nubia between the first and the second Nile cataracts. the cite of the Great Pyramid; an ancient Egyptian city . the complete control over someone or something; the Pharaohs had ____ over the kingdom. an early form of paper made from reed plants found in the marshy land around of the Nile delta; the plants used to make this paper . Hatshepsut was a _____ to Thutmose III until he was old enough to rule.
Ancient Egypt And Nubia	History		Is an area of sediment soil or canals carried by water. United lower Egypt and upper Egypt . A strong feeling of love loyalty or commitment. A fine mineral particles that can form fertile soil. A killed workers who practice a handicraft.
Ancient Egyptian	History		period of time when many public works were contructed; lost control to invaders. city in Ancient Egypt; home of the Great Pyramid. great warrior who conquered Ancient Egypt. fertile black soil. complete control .
Ancient Egyptian	History		An Ancient Egyptian game. A beetle that was sacred to the Ancient Egyptians. A queen of Ancient Egypt. The capital of Ancient Egypt. A room or building used for burial.
Ancient Feudal Japan	Asian History	Life under the rule of the Shoguns	Powerful Japanese warlord. Cut off from the outside world. Important protein source in Japanese diet. Samurai helmet with horns or frightening images. The city where the Emperor lived.
Ancient Greece	History		System of government in which citizens elect a small group of people to make laws. A system of government in which people gather at mass meetings. A Greek philosopher who invented the teaching method. A great military leader and ruler. From central Aisa, invaders of Greek mainland.
Ancient Greece	World Geography		___is god of the countryside.. Greeks like to wear___.. Minotaurs have inspired many___.. The Olympic___were held every four years.. Artists have been inspired by the___horse..
Ancient Greece	History		where did spartan boys train? . what was, in addition to architecture and sculpture, did the ancient Greeks progress in? . Who sent a message to trick Xerxes? . what did the persians use to defeat the greeks in the battle of Salamis?. what were sixty year old men from a noble family elected to be important decision makers called?.
Ancient Greece	History		In Sparta it was OK to ..... but don't get caught. Loved himself to death. A circular, open air stadium, used for plays. Something philosophers were interested in. Where the Oracle was.
Ancient Greece	History		ranked as the greatest historian of antiquity. process of making infrences. calculated the circumference of the globe. system where all people vote directly on a problem. teaching style was based on asking questions.
Ancient Greece	History	Colonization and Conquests	Invaded Persia and burned Persepolis; Took control of Syria, Egypt, and Mesopotamia. Military and financial alliance among Greek poleis; When Persian threat subsided, Athens left as lone contributor. Caused the increase of cultural diffusion, trade, and development of the land. Tensions divided Greece into two armed camps, under the control of Athens and Sparta; Led to the unconditional surrender of Athens. Originally brought Greece under control from Macedon.
Ancient Greece	World Geography	Complete the crossword.	This war was fought between the Athens ans Sparta.. Instead of being a big country they used. This was like the lottery if your name was chosen you would be this for one year. What was one of the most famous poems?. This took place in 776 B.C., Greece. This was the first one to ever be held..
Ancient Greece	World Geography		process of making inferences. calculated the size of the earth. beliefs and rituals. all peopole vote directly on an issue. King of Mecidonia.
Ancient Greece	History		a great militart leader and ruler who helped spread Greek art,ideans, language, and architecture throughout SW Asia and Nothern Africa.. Considered the greatest historian of the ancient world.. The earliest Greek stories.. System of government in which people gather at mass meetings to decide on government matters.. The Greek philosopher who invented the teaching method still used today..
Ancient Greece	History		The citizens elect officials to represent them in the government. This term describes the government of the United States.. Democracy in Athens came to an end after these people conquered Greece.. All citizens in Athens could participate directly in the government.. He was a leader from about 460 BC until 429 BC. He encouraged the people of his city to participate in government.. A government in which only a few people have power. 'Government by the Few'.
ANCIENT GREECE	History		Greek Philosopher, Teacher, and Sculptor.. King of Macedonia who took over a large empire.. A group of five men were elected leaders in Sparta responsible for the education of youth and the conduct of all citizens.. During the Age of_______,the Athenians became deeply attached to their political system of direct democracy.. Greatest philosopher in westen history..
Ancient Greece	World Geography		a democracy that has people that gather for mass meetings to decide government matters. a tyrant that seized power after 30 years of termoil after Solon. the Greek philosopher, who invented the teaching method that we still use today. a great military leader and ruler who helped spred Greek art, ideas, language, and architecture. invaders of the Greek mainland from asia whose leaders became Greek kings.
Ancient Greece	History		consisted of a large city and the surrounding areas. A legal member of a country . athletic games every four years. were the citizen-soldiers of the Greek city-states. were five leaders in Sparta who were chosen to oversee the Spartan kings. They were elected annually..
Ancient Greece	History		Theban statesman and military tactician and leader who was largely responsible for breaking the military dominance of Sparta.. Elementary teacher of reading, writing and basic maths. A hoplite was a citizen-soldier of the Ancient Greek city-states. . The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences.. a method of temporary banishment by popular vote without trial or special accusation practiced in ancient Greece.
Ancient Greece	History		Guard dog of the Underworld. a one-eyed monster . Greek battle formation of 8-10 . temple on the Acropolis . god honoured by Olympic games .
Ancient Greece	History		What was first help in the year 776 B.C.?. The first great philosopher in Greece. Someone who competes for a prize. One of the writings of Homer. Blocking off the enemy and not allowing their supplies in.
Ancient Greece	History		Who lived on the Island of Crete. Sellers of goods. What homes were made of. To cut off an enemy from their supplies. 479 to 431 BC was Athens.
Ancient Greece Art	Art		this material was sometimes used to weave . jug used for gathering water. this was made my the metal workers . oil jar. jar used for storing wine and oil .
Ancient Greece's Cultural Impact	History		something handed down from one generation to the next. any person who has rights granted by the government, such as landowner and voting. a type of government where all the citizen vote directly on all governmental decisions. a Greek philosopher credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy.. Great military commander. Spread Greek culture across large areas of Asia.
Ancient Greek Costumes	Other		The color ....... was used to represent gods/goddesses.. The ...... of a toga, represented how old someone was.. ........ togas represented a character that was older.. The actors would add patting to their costumes to create the illusion of..... Costumes help the ......... to distinguish the different characters..
Ancient Greek Theatre	Other		the devolpment of the ____ was one of the greatest contributes that the Greekes gave to theatre. is the only writer of greek comdey whose works still exist whole today. used if an acter needed to fly, held them in the air. the song that is playedin commemorate of Dionysis death. the last great writer of Greek tragedy.
Ancient India	World Geography	Use the hint to fill in the blank spaces	In Hinduism, the good or bad energy a person builds up based upon weather he or she lives a good or bad life.. Written language developed by the Aryans.. Prince who lead an Aryan tribe in India.. Social group that a person is born into and cannot change.. Religious teacher and spiritual guide in Hinduism..
Ancient India	World Geography		Asia Minor is also called. Potential Buddhas . What empire took over the Mauryan Empire after Asoka's death . Who, forbid people to worship him . A household headed by the eldest male .
Ancient India	World Geography		This group of people was critical in the spread of Buddhism in other part of Asia.. In Sanskrit, this word means knowledge or wisdom.. A popular religion in ancient India.. One of the most famous epics produced by the Aryans.. One of the greatest ruler of India and the grandson of Mauryan's first king..
Ancient India	History		seasonal winds. the effect of a person's actions in this and previous lives. the top of India's caste system. a person who follows Hinduism. to calm and clear the mind.
Ancient India	World Geography		India's first empire . A characteristic of a system of society or gov controlled by men . An Indian empire of the Mauryan dynasty . A nontheistic religion or philosophy . When people allow other people to think or practice other religions and beliefs .
Ancient India	World Geography	Complete the crossword below	A force that decides the form that people will be reborn into in their next lives. The first written language of India. The four social classes. A group of similar languages. Ancient sacred writings of IndiaThe four social classes.
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