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Across
  1. 2. become or make greater in size, amount, intensity, or degree
  2. 5. a very powerful and influential nation (used especially with reference to the US and the former Soviet Union when these were perceived as the two most powerful nations in the world)
  3. 6. 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
  4. 9. a notional barrier separating the former Soviet bloc and the West prior to the decline of communism that followed the political events in eastern Europe in 1989
  5. 10. the armed forces of a country
  6. 11. control of one country by another country
  7. 14. able to withstand great force or pressure
  8. 17. the feeling that someone or something cannot be relied upon
  9. 19. existing, occurring, or carried on between two or more nations
  10. 22. a large body of people united by common descent, history, culture, or language, inhabiting a particular country or territory
  11. 24. a system of government when priests in place of god
  12. 26. an elected local, district, or national council in the former Soviet Union
  13. 27. soldiers or armed forces
  14. 30. the energy in the nucleus, or core, of an atom
  15. 31. systematic and planned extermination of en entire national, racial, political, or ethnic group
  16. 33. the state or condition of physical touching
  17. 34. extending or moving from one place to another by the shortest way without changing direction or stopping
  18. 37. system based on custom and need, not on wants
  19. 38. the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry
  20. 41. not likely to give way or overturn; firmly fixed
  21. 43. a state of political hostility between countries characterized by threats, propaganda, and other measures short of open warfare
  22. 45. government by the people
  23. 46. a person's regular occupation, profession, or trade
  24. 48. the governing body of a nation, state, or community
  25. 49. rule by few
  26. 50. a stock or supply of money, materials, staff, and other assets that can be drawn on by a person or organization in order to function effectively
Down
  1. 1. citizen of the United States
  2. 3. a thing designed or used for inflicting bodily harm or physical damage
  3. 4. the change of semi-desert land into desert land
  4. 7. people and government both make decisions about products
  5. 8. strict control by the government over the means of production
  6. 12. a state formally cooperating with another for a military or other purpose
  7. 13. a person who supports or believes in the principles of communism
  8. 15. exercising power in a cruel or arbitrary way
  9. 16. a native or citizen of the United States
  10. 18. close down or dismiss (an assembly or official body)
  11. 20. rule by one
  12. 21. the action of keeping something harmful under control or within limits
  13. 23. rigid separation of races by law in South Africa
  14. 25. the belief your culture is better than another
  15. 28. put an end to the existence of (something) by damaging or attacking it
  16. 29. help, typically of a practical nature
  17. 32. the authority to represent someone else, especially in voting
  18. 35. belief that a rulers authority comes from god
  19. 36. an area of land and its buildings used for growing crops and rearing animals, typically under the control of one owner or manager
  20. 39. begin to be involved in
  21. 40. to place over against something so as to provide resistance, counterbalance, or contrast one
  22. 42. go from one place to another, typically over a distance of some length
  23. 44. little to no government involvement in the economy
  24. 47. the science dealing with the production distribution and consumption of money