1. rulers of the holy land trade 2. wars between christians and turks portugal 3. symbol of the crusades gold 4. organizations protecting traders medieval 5. origin of fine spices and silks crusaders 6. fought for control of jerusalem jerusalem 7. caused growth of cities red cross 8. home of prince henry the navigator cape of good hope 9. name given to africa's tip turks 10. belonging to the middle ages orient 11. city contolled by the turks leagues 12. riches of west african coast pirates 13. threatened sailors at sea crusades

panem is a communist totalitarian dictatorship where all the resources and how they are allocated belongs to the capitol. the districts exist only to provide goods and services for the capital and most of the citizens live in poverty. it is a police state where the "peacekeepers" use force and threats to keep the people under control. dissent is outlawed and those who disobey the law are executed, flogged, or turned into avoxes. the games are another means in which the ruling elite in the capitol exert their power over the districts. when reading the books i drew parallels between panem and the soviet union and north korea. in no way is panem capitalist. the people in the capitol are wealthy but the majority of them are involved in the government somehow. it was the same way in the former soviet union where bigwigs in the communist party and high ranking government officials were given access to goods, services, medical treatments not available to the general public. if you think panem has a capitalist economy you need to brush up on your economics.