module 23
Across
- 2. - the countries that border the Pacific Ocean
- 6. - a human-made waterway that cut through the Isthmus of Suez
- 9. - when a country is overtaken by a stronger country
- 12. - the practice where people of a higher status restrict the rights of those below them
- 14. - the practice of adopting the cultural mannerisms of a country you are not native to
- 15. - the addition of another, weaker territory to a country
- 16. - an interest in or taking of land for its strategic location or products
- 17. - the belief, stemming from Charles Darwin, that natural selection and survival of the fittest applies to the human race
- 18. - the canal that was used internationally and established Latin America as a crossroads of world trade
Down
- 1. - the war between Russia and the Ottomans stemming from the need for a warm water port
- 3. - the belief that one race is superior to another
- 4. - "the American continents...are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers"
- 5. - an extension to the monroe doctrine that stated that the US was an international police power in the Western Hemisphere
- 7. - the war between the British and the Boers (the first modern "total" war)
- 8. - another term for Indian soldiers
- 10. - the war that came about as a result of the Spanish brutality against Cuba which was an American ally
- 11. - the conference called to lay down the rules for the division of Africa
- 13. - Latin American army leaders turned military dictators