Across
- 2. In 1918, a deadly flu that caused the death of 22 million people worldwide and was spread by WW1 troops returning home from war
- 8. Policy of land reforms in China by Mao Zedong that put peasant land into communities, but ultimately failed and led to food shortages
- 15. The plan where the US provided aid to Western Europe, helping them rebuild after WW2 and resist communism
- 16. The process where colonies become independent of their colonizing country
- 17. The first satellite to orbit around the Earth, that was launched by the USSR to mark the start of the space race
- 19. Medicine used to cure bacterial infections, discovered in 1928 following the discovery of penicillin
- 23. The man that led resistance to the law-passed segregation of South Africa, went to prison but was later released to become president of South Africa
- 24. In the mid 20th century when new innovative farming technology emerged as a force to fight hunger
- 25. The continual rise in temperature of the Earth's atmosphere
- 27. A theoretical barrier separating the Eastern Soviet bloc of Europe from the Western capitalistic side
- 28. Economic systems with little to no government influence and is based off of supply and demand
- 30. A miles long wall built by the USSR to stop its population from escaping Soviet-controlled E. Berlin to W. Berlin
Down
- 1. The continuous competition between the US and Soviet Union in their achievements in space, and motivated the US to put a man on the moon sooner
- 3. In 1959, the man the led a communist overthrow of the Cuban government and put in place a dictatorship
- 4. A deadly disease that is caught by exposure to the fluids of infected animals or humans, and a massive outbreak occurred in West Africa in 2014
- 5. A drug that got rid of diseases like polio and measles by being injected into the blood stream by a needle
- 6. In 1949, an alliance organization created to organize defenses in Western Europe in case of dispute with the Soviet Bloc
- 7. A political ideology that believes in the prospect of free elections voted by the people, and is most relevant in the West
- 9. The final Big 3 meeting in Germany, 1945, in which President Truman represented the US
- 10. Type of energy that never runs out, including wind, geothermal power, and solar tidal
- 11. The culture of the everyday man instead of the educated elite
- 12. This person led non-violent protest to challenge British rule over India
- 13. A disease caused by water contaminated by fecal particles
- 14. A deadly disease that is spread in tropical regions by mosquitoes
- 18. Many nations that had gained independence from imperialism and wanted to stay out of the line of fire between the US and USSR
- 20. A policy that was created to stop the spread of communism, and was created by George Kennan
- 21. A political ideology which states that the government should control all the country’s economic assets
- 22. A deadly disease that weakens the immune system, making it a struggle to fight other illnesses
- 26. Movement in Czechoslovakia led by Alexander Dubcek against strict communist rule over Czechoslovakia, but was soon crushed by the armies of Warsaw Pact
- 29. A disease that cause 95,000 deaths every year, which spreads through contaminated water