Unit 7 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. After WW2, many former colonies in Africa and Asia achieved independence from European empires.
  2. 8. The United States interfered in the affairs of foreign nations where it feared communist regimes would gain control.
  3. 10. A war set in motion by a superpower but takes place in another nation that is ideologically divided (civil war)
  4. 11. While the United States and the Soviet Union had worked together to defeat the Axis powers during WW2, they disagreed about how to rebuild Europe (i.e communism vs capitalism & democracy vs authoritarianism), and their efforts to increase their own security often conflicted.
Down
  1. 1. A nation that is formally independent in the world but under heavy political, economic, and military influence of a superpower
  2. 2. A very powerful and influential nation
  3. 4. A type of economic system that values collective, public ownership over land and industry
  4. 5. A type of political system that allows a dictator to have complete authority in the government, which limits the individual liberties of the citizens of the nation
  5. 6. A type of economic system that values private ownership over land and industry
  6. 7. A type of political system that allows citizens of the nation to vote for people to represent them in the government
  7. 9. A set of opinions or beliefs of a group or an individual