Challenges of Our World Today

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Across
  1. 2. facing separatist movements
  2. 5. warming a gradual increase in the overall temperature of the earth's atmosphere generally attributed to the greenhouse effect
  3. 7. War neighborhoods in Baghdad are being ethnically cleansed by Shia and Sunni militias
  4. 8. Nations an international organization of countries set up in 1945, in succession to the League of Nations, to promote international peace, security, and cooperation
  5. 9. of mass destruction chemical, biological or radioactive weapons capable of causing widespread death and destruction
  6. 10. a person who supports the separation of a particular group of people from a larger body on the basis of ethnicity, religion, or gender
  7. 11. ________ increases the gap between low-income and high-come countries
  8. 14. the use of violence and intimidation in the pursuit of political aims
  9. 15. a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs
  10. 16. North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  11. 17. militia that operates in Darfur, western Sudan, and eastern Chad
  12. 19. the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation
  13. 21. According to UNICEF, 22,000 children die each day due to ________
Down
  1. 1. a form of a religion that upholds belief in the strict, literal interpretation of scripture
  2. 3. _______ governments are governments controlled by people who act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain
  3. 4. the inability to read or write
  4. 6. a disease in which there is a severe loss of the body's cellular immunity, greatly lowering the resistance to infection and malignancy
  5. 12. The current population is _______, but will later level off
  6. 13. instability political turmoil or unrest within a certain country
  7. 14. Sunni Islamic fundamentalist group known for treating women poorly
  8. 18. a ruler with total power over a country, typically one who has obtained power by force
  9. 20. one example of ethnic cleansing in Africa