Across
- 1. Bombs dropped on Germany and Japan with intentions to spread fires and take down cities
- 2. In World War I the alliance of Germany and Austria-Hungary were known as the...
- 3. A party of revolutionary Marxists, led by Vladimir Lenin, who seized power in Russia in 1917
- 6. the economic crisis beginning with the US stock market crash in 1929 and continuing through the 1930s; had far-reaching global economic effects including further hindering countries recovering from WWI
- 10. A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator
- 12. A political system headed by a dictator that calls for extreme nationalism and racism
- 16. Leader of the Communist Party in China that overthrew Jiang Jieshi and the Nationalists
- 17. the deliberate killing of a large group of people
- 20. Allocation of former German colonies and Ottoman possessions to the victorious powers after World War I; to be administered under League of Nations supervision.
- 22. A form of warfare in which opposing armies fight each other from trenches dug in the battlefield
- 23. A policy of glorifying military power and keeping a standing army always prepared for war
- 24. world organization established in 1920 to promote international cooperation and peace; first proposed in 1918 by President Woodrow Wilson (although the United States never joined). Essentially powerless, it was officially dissolved in 1946.
- 25. Ottoman Muslim Turks targeted this Christian minority group within their territory from 1915-1917
Down
- 1. A series of proposals in which U.S. president Woodrow Wilson outlined a plan for achieving a lasting peace after World War I
- 4. (1910-1920 CE) Armed rebellion in which the Mexican people fought for political and social reform, especially against neocolonialism; resulted in ouster of Porfirio Diaz from power; opposition forces led by Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata.
- 5. Post WWI German government; in great debt due to war reparations
- 7. A conflict in which the participating countries devote all their resources to the war effort; most notably WWI
- 8. a nuclear weapon developed in the US in which enormous energy is released by nuclear fission
- 9. WWI alliance of Great Britain, France, Italy, Russia
- 11. The process of combining small, private farms onto large government owned farms
- 13. information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
- 14. A series of reforms enacted by the Franklin Roosevelt administration between 1933 and 1942 with the goal of ending the Great Depression; an example of a government taking greater economic control
- 15. As part of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was ordered to pay fines to the Allies to repay the costs of the war
- 18. A policy for establishing and developing a national homeland for Jews in Palestine
- 19. A methodical plan orchestrated by Hitler to ensure German supremacy. It called for the elimination of Jews, non-conformists, homosexuals, non-Aryans, and mentally and physically disabled
- 21. A situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible