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