History Crossword

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. A landlocked republic in northwestern Africa (4)
  2. 4. Largest continent on Earth (4)
  3. 7. The period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world (11)
  4. 9. Continent that includes France and Italy (6)
  5. 11. Island country in Asia with Tokyo as its capital (5)
  6. 14. Improvement in the existing form or condition of institutions or practices etc (11)
  7. 15. Capital and largest city of Italy (4)
  8. 16. Continent with the Sahara desert (6)

Down

  1. 1. A diagrammatic representation of the earth's surface (plural) (4)
  2. 3. A member of the Nahuatl people who established an empire in Mexico that was overthrown by Cortes (5)
  3. 5. The land between the Tigris and Euphrates (11)
  4. 6. The largest ocean in the world (7)
  5. 8. The 2nd largest ocean (8)
  6. 10. Someone who travels into little known regions (plural) (9)
  7. 12. Land of the free; the USA (7)
  8. 13. Country in Asia with the Great Wall (5)