20th-Century Global Conflicts Crossword 1

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Across
  1. 2. strong wire with sharp barbs used in trench warfare
  2. 5. the Empire disintegrated due to nationalist movements within the empire, leading to the creation of several independent nations after WWI.
  3. 6. chemical weapons used in warfare, used in WWI
  4. 9. campaign of political repression in the Soviet Union from 1936 to 1938
  5. 12. policy of forced consolidation of individual peasant households in Soviet Russia
  6. 15. first of two revolutions in Russia in 1917, resulting in the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II
  7. 17. an independent republic but with significant territorial losses, political instability, and economic hardships
  8. 18. mass murder and expulsion of 1.5 million ethnic Armenians carried out in Turkey
  9. 19. Following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire after World War I, established in 1923.
  10. 20. rapid-fire automatic gun that shoots bullets continuously. Used in WWI.
Down
  1. 1. Arab Revolt (1916-1918) against the Ottoman Turkish rule, influenced by the desire for Arab independence
  2. 3. Enlarged size and population and romanian populations from Hungary and Russia
  3. 4. League of Nations policy that assigned former German and Ottoman territories to the victorious powers of World War I.
  4. 7. watercraft used during World Wars for stealth capabilities
  5. 8. significant point of morale crisis and mutinies within the French army, failure of the Nivelle Offensive
  6. 10. Established in 1918 after World War I, ending over a century of partitions by Russia, Prussia, and Austria
  7. 11. series of nationalized plans for economic development in the Soviet Union
  8. 13. armed insurrection in Ireland during Easter Week, April 1916.
  9. 14. During WWI, this country was of the allies seizing German territories in Pacific and China
  10. 16. armored fighting vehicle for front lined combat