7th Grade Social Studies Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• imperialism : one nation controls another nation in order to build empire
• aid : to give help or assistance
• adolph hitler : german dictator during wwii; wanted to create a master race
• industrialism : economic system where machines do the work that humans or animals once performed
• constitution : basic laws of a state that define the role of government and guarantee its obligation to the people
• alliances : agreements between countries to help one another in time or war
• heresy : anti-church teachings
• third estate : social class made up of everyone not of the 1st or 2nd estates; paid all of the taxes in the land
• judicial branch : part of government that interprets laws
• joseph stalin : russian dictator during wwii
• capital : money and goods used to help people make or do things
• militarism : belief in a strong military
• perestroika : soviet plan of reforming government and economic ideas
• urbanization : increase of people moving to and living in cities
• glasnost : soviet policy allowing for free discussion of political and social ideas
• second estate : social class made up of aristocrats or nobles; paid no taxes
• racism : extreme nationalism; superiority of one race over others
• containment : preventing the spread of communism beyond its existing borders
• absolutism : political system in which a ruler has total power