Bikini Atoll
Across
- 3. The only industry that makes any profit for the Bikinians now.
- 5. The cause of death for every sailor who was aboard the Lucky Dragon when it was exposed to radiation.
- 7. The operation that included tests Able and Baker.
- 13. The amount of ships sunk by Able.
- 14. The largest device ever detonated by the US.
- 15. The type of body of water in the middle of Bikini Atoll.
- 16. The name of the Atoll the US tested nuclear weapons at during the 1950s and 60s. Also the name of a two piece bathing suit.
- 17. The first bomb dropped as part of nuclear testing at Bikini Atoll. Dropped from a plane and detonated in the air.
Down
- 1. America’s competitor in the nuclear arms race.
- 2. The only food Bikinians eat. (Imported to them by the US.)
- 4. The ocean that the US conducted nuclear tests in.
- 6. An adjective to describe all food that now grows on Bikini.
- 8. What the dust created by the exploded coral looked like. (And what the Bikinians thought was falling from the sky.)
- 9. The (English) name of the Japanese fishing boat that was caught in the fallout from the nuclear testing.
- 10. The cartoon set at the bottom of the sea, beneath where the tests happened
- 11. The second bomb detonated as part of Operation Crosswords. It was detonated just under the water and had a more devastating effect on the naval fleet than the first test.
- 12. The Japanese city where the first nuclear bomb was deployed.