Contemporary World 1

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Across
  1. 5. This course should help you develop the skills to participate in social debates as this type of citizen.
  2. 7. From 1945 to 1955 which European nation fought to stop the decolonization of Vietnam?
  3. 9. Leader of the USSR who ended communism and the Cold war.
  4. 11. Name of a chemical sprayed on the Jungles of Vietnam to kill the vegetation and trees, agent ________
  5. 13. You should take one of these on contemporary world problem.
  6. 15. This curtain symbolized the division of Europe during the Cold war.
  7. 16. Prime Minister of Israel
  8. 17. The first competency for this course is to _______________ a contemporary world problem
  9. 21. Where is there a tension between two different language groups?
  10. 24. Conflicts can be physical or __________________
  11. 27. This television comedy series, about the Korean War, was one of the most popular in the 1970’s
  12. 28. This city was the capital of Canada before Ottawa
  13. 29. Organizational links created by countries to help them economically and militarily. E.g. Canada and NATO
  14. 30. This architectural feature of Berlin symbolized the divisions of the cold war, and its collapse its end.
  15. 34. The first major and bloody conflict between east and west, capitalism and communism, was in ____________.
  16. 35. What country invaded Korea and controlled it until 1945?
  17. 36. Ben Johnson was stripped of his gold medal in the 1988 Olympics in the capital of South Korea.
  18. 37. Capital city of a “Viking” nation
  19. 39. Billions on this planet, about.
  20. 40. American president who got the USA involved in the war in Vietnam
  21. 42. France fought this country in one war that lasted over a hundred years.
  22. 43. Most famous graduate of Westmount High School
  23. 46. The tensions between the USA and the USSR are called the “Cold” war because the conflict was _______________.
  24. 51. This Korea is always being singled out by countries like the USA for its lack of respect of rights and Freedoms.
  25. 53. Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
  26. 54. The only conflict between nations (India and Pakistan) that had these weapons.
  27. 56. Country which is a major enemy of Israel
  28. 58. The communist nations formed a military alliance in 1955 in this eastern European city.
  29. 59. How the Korean War ended.
  30. 60. After world war two (1945-60), this process led to over 36 new countries being created in Africa.
  31. 63. Economic system of the USA and its allies during the Cold War.
  32. 64. In 1980 and 1995 Quebec held a referendum to obtain their political ________________ from Canada.
Down
  1. 1. when one nation falls to communism the impact is such as to weaken the resistance of other countries and facilitate, if not cause, their fall to communism describes which theory of international politics.
  2. 2. The USSR tried putting nuclear missiles in this country in the early 1960’s.
  3. 3. Canadian soldiers often served for these missions to prevent conflict in places like Cyprus.
  4. 4. Country with almost 130 million, much beloved by Donald Trump.
  5. 6. Neighbor of Vietnam invaded by the USA
  6. 8. Sometimes, this cultural tradition, is added onto other issues as part of the reasons for a conflict.
  7. 10. capital of the Chechia
  8. 12. This country was re-unified in the 1990’s
  9. 14. These valuable products are often the cause of tension and conflicts between nations.
  10. 18. Yugoslavia is an example of how these differences can lead to tensions and conflict.
  11. 19. American foreign policy during the Cold War aimed to do this to communism
  12. 20. Organization formed in 1949, which includes Canada
  13. 22. An aim of Contemporary World is to help students grasp the __________ of the world
  14. 23. Benfica is a soccer team which plays in this city, the capital of Portugal
  15. 25. At one point, this country had over 500,000 soldiers in Vietnam.
  16. 26. City claimed as a holy site by three major religions.
  17. 31. Type of judgment this course will help you develop
  18. 32. This country had 516 soldiers killed, and over 1200 wounded in the Korean War.
  19. 33. Hostilities or tensions can lead to one of these.
  20. 38. The countries allied with the USA, and against the USSR, were lined to this geographic term.
  21. 41. This type of war occurs when allies of two enemies fight.
  22. 44. War or conflict is sometimes a product of one nation wanting valuable ________ from the territory of another country.
  23. 45. This Olaf is the chancellor of Germany
  24. 47. The hammer and the sickle, found of the flag of the USSR, symbolized the economic and political system of this nation.
  25. 48. This is often the most basic cause of wars and conflicts between nations
  26. 49. The UN is the most prominent example of an international ______________.
  27. 50. Israeli, Palestinian and American diplomats meet regularly in Qatar to help stop the war and establish this process.
  28. 51. Ethnic group which populates many eastern European countries
  29. 52. Group in Yemen who are launching rockets at Israel and at ships in the Gulf of Aden
  30. 55. Belgian capital, which sprouted on the banks of the Senne River.
  31. 57. What the Chinese built to keep out unwanted visitors, which Trump could not.
  32. 61. Treaty which ties Canada to the economies of the two other major countries of North America.
  33. 62. Existing hostilities or opposition between different groups, peoples or states.