World Hist. Key Terms & People Refresher

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Across
  1. 2. As seen all over news lately, Russia is close to invading this country in Eastern Europe.
  2. 4. Last name of realist author in 1800s whose works exposed poor city and working conditions.
  3. 5. Serbian military group partially responsible for starting WWI in 1914.
  4. 8. Name of web-based word game first made public in October 2021 that has gained significant popularity as many people post their results on social media.
  5. 10. He was founder of communism with theories that went against ideas of free markets and capitalism.
  6. 11. These types of sources like diaries, artifacts and original pictures provide useful information about history.
  7. 13. This streaming service, which started in 1997 as a DVD rental company, had earnings in 2021 of about $29.7 billion.
  8. 15. Country that rejected the Treaty of Versailles and decided to not join League of Nations after WWI.
  9. 16. When governments make lower and middle classes pay high amounts of these, people sometimes start revolutions.
  10. 17. Last name of famous scientist and thinker responsible for developing the laws of gravity.
  11. 18. Last name of Supreme Court justice who announced his pending retirement in January 2022.
  12. 22. Name of continent where majority of WWI was fought from July 1914 to November 1918.
  13. 24. Method that came from Enlightenment Age and still useful today in testing scientific theories.
  14. 25. This is a policy of expanding a country's power and influence often by military force.
  15. 26. This revolution brought useful machinery and transportation, but also made it easier for weaker countries to be conquered and occupied by stronger countries.
  16. 27. This became grim weapon of choice for some tyrants like Robespierre during the French Revolution.
  17. 28. The 13 states in newly formed U.S. declared independence from this country on July 4, 1776.
Down
  1. 1. Country spanning into Europe and Asia that exited WWI with possibly 2+ million soldiers dead.
  2. 3. Germany made a major error when this was discovered, which brought the United States into WWI.
  3. 6. These companies owned by those holding stocks became common during the Industrial Revolution as profits soared for many businesses and tycoons.
  4. 7. Name of female American icon who died on December 31, 2021, at age 99, and starred on show 'The Golden Girls' as Rose Nylund.
  5. 9. European country with Poland at one border that has suffered two major losses in each world war.
  6. 12. These can be helpful when a country needs support from other countries, but they also partly caused WWI.
  7. 14. Winning team and host city of Super Bowl 56 played on February 13 in front of 62,417 in attendance.
  8. 19. This period from 1600-1800 brought new ideas in areas of science, government and society.
  9. 20. These long, narrow ditches became a major focal point of battle strategies in WWI.
  10. 21. Information used, often unfairly, to sway opinion against a certain person, group or even country.
  11. 22. Emperor Menelik II was somehow able to keep this African country free from European takeover in late 1800s and early 1900s.
  12. 23. This is a country or territory with its own internal government but controlled by an outside power.