Unit #6 Historical Perspectives (1901-present)

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Across
  1. 5. The prime minister of Britain throughout WWII
  2. 9. Writer of the Communist Manifesto (Two words)
  3. 11. The other monarch who celebrated a Diamond Jubilee (60 years on the throne)
  4. 12. Treaty that ended WWI; saddled Germany with the blame and enormous debt
  5. 17. Most famous and popular British band from the "Swinging Sixties"
  6. 18. British entity that controlled all the oceans of the world
  7. 19. The first female prime minister of Britain
  8. 20. Country that began to rebel against British rule in 1916
  9. 21. The Victorians believed they lived in an age of ___.
  10. 23. Russia's first satellite
Down
  1. 1. This was built in 1961 and came down in 1989
  2. 2. Percentage of the world's population controlled by Britain by 1922
  3. 3. The country Germany invaded in 1939, beginning WWII
  4. 4. Vladimir Lenin led this movement to turn Russia into a Communist state
  5. 6. Writer of On The Origin of Species (Two words)
  6. 7. The economic center of Britain before the two world wars
  7. 8. Wave of financial troubles sweeping the globe in the 1930s
  8. 10. Country that invaded Belgium in 1914, beginning WWI
  9. 13. Second-longest reigning monarch in British history
  10. 14. This person establishes the People's Republic of China, turning the country into a Communist state
  11. 15. This country invaded China during the 1930s and committed heinous war crimes
  12. 16. The aerial bombing campaign on London by German forces
  13. 22. These two countries gained independence from Britain in 1947