Across
- 3. Group of nations that fought together in World War II that included the Germany, Italy, and Japan
- 6. a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster
- 7. group of countries, mostly from eastern Europe and including the former Soviet Union, that had promised to protect each other in case of an attack
- 10. Intellectual and philosophical movement in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries with ideas centered on human happiness, the pursuit of knowledge obtained by means of reason and the evidence of the senses, and ideals such as liberty, constitutional government, and separation of church and state.
- 11. Infection called the Black Death, spread to humans by fleas that travelled on rats, that killed millions of people during the Middle Ages.
- 12. The genocide of European Jews during World War II
- 16. to EXIT a country to go live somewhere else
- 17. Exchange of plants, animals, microorganisms, and people between Afroeurasia and the Americas
- 20. Start of Protestantism and the split of the Western Church into Protestantism and what is now the Roman Catholic Church
- 24. barrier that surrounded West Berlin and prevented access to it from East Berlin and adjacent areas of East Germany
- 25. to move INTO a new country to live there
- 28. nations building up the strength of their armies and navies
- 29. An armed conflict between two states acting on behalf of other parties that are not directly involved in the hostilities
- 30. believing your nation is better than every other nation
- 31. group of countries, mostly from western Europe and including the United States, that have promised to protect each other in case of an attack
- 32. causes of World War I: militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism
- 33. Organized system of beliefs, ceremonies, and rules used to worship a god or group of gods
- 36. The transition from creating goods by hand to using machines
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- 1. Area between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers where some of the first civilizations began
- 2. Groups that had no permanent settlement and traveled looking for food
- 4. one of two Japanese cities that the United States dropped an atom bomb on
- 5. A story groups tell to explain the start of the universe and the origin of their group
- 8. process of a state withdrawing from a former colony, leaving it independent
- 9. Group of nations that fought together in World War II that included the United States, Great Britain, France, and the Soviet Union
- 13. An ancient trade route that linked the Western world with the Middle East and Asia
- 14. The belief in or worship of many gods
- 15. Nation in ancient Africa that was located between Upper Egypt and Northern Sudan, sometimes called Kush
- 18. period of European history between the 14th and 17th centuries when there was a new interest in science, art, literature beginning in Italy
- 19. king from ancient Mali who is believed to be the richest person in history
- 21. Continent where humans originated
- 22. one of two Japanese cities that the United States dropped an atom bomb on
- 23. the movement of people from one place in the world to another
- 26. weapon dropped on Japan by the United States at the end of World War II
- 27. The state of hostility and tension the Soviet Union and the US from 1945 to the collapse of the USSR in 1991
- 34. takeover of a country by a stronger nation with the intent of dominating the people of that nation
- 35. The belief in one all-powerful god