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Mohandas Gandhi
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Use the clues to fill in the crossword.
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Not eating or drinking for a certain amount of time.. The person who influenced his beliefs growing up.. He was offered a job here and he protested against racism and poverty her.. His home country.. He went to school to get his law degree here.
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Older Children
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
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Who got the better seats or front of the bus seats?. People fought for this from 1954-1968. A little over this amount of time to stop segregation on the buses. People population that road on the bus the most. The main leader in the fight for civil rights.
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Most Influential Americans
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American marine biologist and conservationist. African American adviser to Republican presidents . American businessman and entrepreneur. 18th President of the United States. Author of Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer books.
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Mother Teresa
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In 1965 the pope granted Missionaries of___________the right to go all over the world! . Missionaries of Charity's ______________ was to serve the poorest of the poor. The capital city of Macedonia where Mother Teresa was born. She won the _____________ ______________ _________________in 1979. Founded a home for the cripped, sick and unwanted babies and children called Shishu Bhaven meaning 'Sowing______'.
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Older Children
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Mysteries of Atlantis
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How old is the story of Atlantis. When did Solon die. A famous Greek writer and great thinker. What did Zeus send to Atlantis. A rare and valuable metal found only on Atlantis.
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Older Children
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Napolean Bonaparte
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1815 opposing armies met in belgium. burning crops, livestock, and villages. sudden seizure in power. forcible closing of ports. diplomats and heads of state sat down to face the tasks of restoring.
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Napoleon
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this Tsar initially signed an allegiance with France, then went back on the deal. name of French ruling family before the Revolution . Napoleon's nickname in school. his daughter asked Napoleon about the greatest woman alive or dead. besides England, the only European country that Napoleon couldn't control.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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Crowned his brother king of this country and caused the Peninsula War. Napoleon's former Ally that caused him to invade Russia. Equal rights. The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life.. A sudden and decisive change of government illegally or by force.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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His soldiers affectionately called him by this name. The French Revolution ended in 1799 when Napoleon was appointed as (two words). He was sent to this country to attend the military academy. First major recognition was when he chased this foreign navy out of Toulon. In 1804 Napoleon crowned himself as.
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Napoleon III
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Napoleon liberalized his what?. What empire did Napoleon III begin?. What did Napoleon advocate for the working class?. What city did he reconstruct?. What led to his undoing?.
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Older Children
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National Archaeological Museum
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The name for the daughters of Zeus and goddesses of nature. What were kouroi originally known as?. Name of the famous sea battle in 480BC where the Greeks defeated the Persians. Where is Pan the pastoral god of?. Cape ______ - where the bronze statue of Zeus / Poseidon was found.
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Native American Heritage Month
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formerly living along the St. Lawrence and Ottawa Rivers in Canda. the language of this people, belonging to the Algonquian family. Native American Instrument. member of the cattle tribe with Ox like features. known as teh 'fallen sky stone'.
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Native Americans
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They wear these on their feet when they dance. Some tribes have these and make profit from them. There are 562 of these in America. A social gathering filled with dancing and singing. This tribe can be found in Tomah.
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Older Children
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Native Americans
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Complete the Crossword Puzzle using the hints provided.
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Continent of Native American settlements. The other name for Lakota. This tribe had Adobe house. Which tribe lived in the Coatal Range Region. The house the Inuit lived in.
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Older Children
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Native Americans
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a lode of silver ore located under the eastern slope of Mount Davidson,. is the historical term given to the rise of the cattle industry in the two decades that followed the American Civil War. . the Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits and Settlement between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic, is the peace treaty signed on February 2, 1848,. the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations.. location of the first famous gold rush.
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Native Mesoamerica & Andean South America
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Aztecs, Incas, & Mayans
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Religion practiced by the Inca, Aztec, and Maya.. Mixed Native American and European people.. Capital of the Aztec empire.. Language spoken by the Aztecs.. Recording devices of the Inca..
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Natives and Explorers
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land Prince Henry the Navigator ruled . Wanted to establish fur and fishing posts. Homes of the Hopi. sailed around the world. Allowed nomadic people to settle into communities.
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Natural History Museum
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In the ___________ zone you can investigate Earth’s ecology, meet a dodo, learn about the meteorites that shaped this planet, and admire the great Central Hall. . In the Darwin Center there is a large __________ structure which protects and houses the Museum's most valuable specimen collections.. The Museuam also houses the first skull of an adult female ______, Homo neanderthalensis, about 50,000 years old. Unearthed in 1848 in Gibraltar. . The museum has 9 million ___________ including one of only ten specimens of Archaeopteryx - the earliest known flying bird .. The architect of the original building was _____________..
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Nazi Dictatorship 1933-39
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Secret State Police. First concentration camp. This Bill marked the end of the Weimar constitution and democracy. Catholics tended to support this party. Month in 1933 in which Nazis won 288 seats.
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Nazi Germany
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The German secret police under Nazi rule. The monotheistic religion of the Jews. A member of the Nazi militia noted for brutality and violence. antisemitic laws in Nazi Germany. a non-Jewish Caucasian .
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Nazi Germany
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the monotheistic religion of the Jews. the German republic (1919–33), founded at Weimar. . a guarded prison camp in which nonmilitary prisoners are held. a hexagram used as a symbol of Judaism. the entire body of Jewish religous literature, law, and teaching. .
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Nazi Germany
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Solve the puzzle good luck.
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prison camps used under the rule of Hitler in Nazi Germany. Conditions were inhuman, and prisoners, mostly Jewish people, were generally starved or worked to death, or killed immediately.. Wiping out an entire group of people. leader of nazi party and third reich in germany during WWII. the countries fighting against the Axis powers. i.e. Britain, France, USA, Canada, USSR etc. organization founded after WWII to promote international peace and cooperation.
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Nazi Vocab
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the symbol of the Nazi's. A country in the middle east. these held the jews. The killing of a certain race. A very racist leader of the nazi's.
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Nelson Mandela
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The autobiography that Mandela wrote and tried to smuggle out of prison. . This was the name of the trial in which Mandela was sentenced to life imprisonment. . He was born by the name of.. What month was Nelson Mandela born in the year of 1918.. Where did the events of his life take place?.
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Nelson Mandela
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The autobiography that Mandela wrote and tried to smuggle out of prison. . This was the name of the trial in which Mandela was sentenced to life imprisonment. . He was born by the name of.. What month was Nelson Mandela born in the year of 1918.. Where did the events of his life take place?.
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Nelson Mandela's Speech
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The laws which are made by the whites are designed to ______ this terrible situation. Children _______ about the streets of the townships because they have no schools to go to. Greater skills will bring higher ______. In a democratic society all persons live together in harmony and with equal _______.. _________ and robberies are increasing.
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Neoclassical Era
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This dance term is the ability to jump into the air and cross feet rapidly and also caused a change in ballet attire. This neoclassical dancer is best known for changing the dress to a more flowing costume. This country begins to really take shape during this era and establishes independence from Britain in 1776. This playwright's real name is Jean-Baptiste Poqeulin. This neoclassical guideline says that characters had to act in a way that was appropriate to their stations in life.
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Neolithic Time Period
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People who study and write about the human past. Another work for the Neolithic period. Traces of plants or animals that have been preserved in rock. Neolithic outlaws. A famous Neolithic rock carving of a giraffe is found in a mountain..
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New England Colonies
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A five letter word that rhyms with thurns. . Find a six letter word that means things people do. . Find a five letter word that rhyms with pools. . Find a five letter word that rhyms with margo.. What were the dishes made out of that people ate on?.
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New England Colonies
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A triangular shipping route going through Africa, Europe, and North America. People who disagreed with the views of their leaders. A wild and unsettled area of dense forests. A Puritan government leader. Places where ships are built and repaired.
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New France
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How long war England and French at war. Sent to the country you were born in. At war with the french. A camp or some were you . First people to find North America.
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New Global Connections
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People to Know
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French explorer. The first to establish France's claim to North America, he made three voyages to Canada between 1534 and 1541.. Prince of Portugal, noted for his patronage of Portuguese voyages of exploration of the W coast of Africa . A Spanish Conquistador who led an expedition that caused the fall of the Aztec Empire and brought large portions of mainland Mexico under the rule of the King of Castile in the early 16th century.. Spanish historian, social reformer and Dominican friar. He became the first resident Bishop of Chiapas, and the first officially appointed 'Protector of the Indians'. His extensive writings, the most famous being A Short Account of the Destruction of. His 1602 map of the world in Chinese characters introduced the findings of European exploration to East Asia. He is considered a Servant of God in Roman Catholicism..
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New Imperalism
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was a high rank in the Ottoman Empire political system. an ethnic group native to the Armenian Highland.. is 'the deliberate and systematic destruction. commander in the Ottoman army, who became Wâli, and self-declared Khedive of Egypt and Sudan.. is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion.
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New Imperialism
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Independent but less developed nations controlled by private business interests rather than by other governments . Waterway that cut through the Isthmus of Suez to connect the Red Sea to the Mediterranean sea.. Creator of social darwinism. A country or territory with its own internal government but under the control of an outside power. A country or a region governed internally by a foreign power.
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New Nation
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the people that lived in America before the colonists came. the advisers to the President. an unofficial rule or example that others follow. Alien and _______ acts made it so foreigners could be removed from the US and no one could speak out against the government. the first Secretary of the Treasury in the United States.
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New Republic
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the ability and authority to decide cases based on hearing testimony and viewing evidence. what people remember you for. of or relating to or concerning the land and its ownership,. a group of advisers to the president. act passed in 1798 while under threat of war from France.
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New South to WW1
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Vocab
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the act of unfairly separating people into groups. laws that made segregation legal after the Civil War. to take away the right of citizenship or the right to vote. allowed freed slaves and poor white farmers to rent land from landowners for a share of the crop. a noisy, sometimes violent, public disorder caused by a crowd.
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Older Children
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New World Beginnings
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Use your knowledge of the content and your notes to fill out the crossword below.
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The Americas were nicknamed the 'New World' and Europe was nicknamed this. The land bridge went from this location to North America. This type of farming involved corn, beans, and squash. Interpreter for Cortes. Spanish explorers sent to find gold and Christianize natives.
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Norse Gods
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Bifrost is a rainbow bridge.. Thor's hammer is known as Mjolnir.. Ragnarok signifies the end of the world.. Njoror is Fryr's and Freyja's father.. Odin's handmaidens choose which warriors would go to Valhalla..
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Adult
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Norse Mythology
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home of the giants. big and clumsy folk. modern country where Norse people lived. the land of men. beast that circled Midgard.
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Norse Mythology
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Odins horse. Scandinavian god, accidentally killed Baldur. Wife of Odin, Chief of gods. Trickster of Norse Mythology. End of mythical cycle, Cosmos are re-created.
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North American Explorers
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Vitus Berings nationality. What month did Luke Foxe die in. This exploror has a last name that reminds you of animals. Vitus Johassen Bering died of this. Who was Juke Foxe's companion?.
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North Carolina History
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First child born in America?. This man was the 11th president from 1845-1849.. Was the first public University in the USA.. Who invented the first pepsi cola?. Who established the first colony at Roanoke?.
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Older Children
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Of Plymouth Plantation
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careful consideration before decision. disgusting, revolting. course of travel or passage. an article of trade or commerce. reward; repayment.
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Very Difficult
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Ohio Faces War
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started in 1929, many people did not have jobs or money. Banks and businesses closed. Ohioans helped slaves escape to this country. against the law, not allowed. allowed. started in 1939 and ended in 1945 .
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Older Children
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Old Kingdom
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The Old Kingdom started around . Sneferu changed the pyramids to a new style called. Egyptian rulers think themselves as . People thought these people had supernatural powers. Old Kingdom's capital is .
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
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To defeat or conquer.. Frayed or shabby.. A mist or haze.. A mollusk found in the Indian and Pacific Oceans with a spiral, pearl shell, with air-filled chambers.. A storm at sea with wind of 39 to 46 miles per hour..
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Older Children
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Operation Sea Lion and The 'Blitz'
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this group of people were forced to join World War II after the Battle of Britain. This country was going to invade Britain during Operation Sea Lion. after the fall of this country Germany believed they had won the war. failed invasion plan. Hitler planed to take control of this state after he destroyed the royal Air Force.
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Older Children
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Oregon Trail
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The path Hatty traveled on.. The season that killed the Donner family.. One of the two animals they had on the trail.. The preferred transportation of the trail. The second type of animal the had on the trail..
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Older Children
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Otto Frank
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Rank that Otto was promoted to. Concentration camp that Otto was sent to. The place where the Franks hid during the Holocaust. Otto's Father. Otto's spouse.
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