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Chapter 18 and 19: Modern Issues

Across
Republic in eastern South America. It borders on every South American country except Chile and Ecuador. Its capital is Brasilia, and its largest city is São Paulo.
The policy or practice of restructuring or reforming the economic and political system.
A fundamentalist Muslim movement whose militia took control of much of Afghanistan from early 1995, and in 1996 took Kabul and set up an Islamic state. The Taliban were overthrown by US-led forces and Afghan groups in 2001 following the events of September 11.
A country being divided into parts.
Goals first set forth by Deng Xiaoping to strengthen the fields of agriculture, industry, national defense, and science and technology in China.
A country of southern Asia on the Bay of Bengal.
Indonesian military and political leader who seized power in 1967 and was elected president in 1968. He resigned under pressure in 1998 following an economic crisis.
a country between Jordan and the Mediterranean Sea. An example of Israel is where Tel Aviv is located. Israel are the Hebrew people descended from Jacob of the Bible. An example of Israel is people of the Jewish faith.
Defined by the existence of a constitution—which may be a legal instrument or merely a set of fixed norms or principles generally accepted as the fundamental law of the polity—that effectively controls the exercise of political power.
A small country in SE Asia, comprising part of the island of Timor: colonized by Portugal in the 19th century; declared independence in 1975 but immediately invaded by Indonesia; under UN administration from 1999 and an independent state from 2002.
Soviet statesman whose foreign policy brought an end to the Cold War and whose domestic policy introduced major reforms.
A Mexican businessman and politician who served as the 55th President of Mexico from December 1, 2000 to November 30, 2006.
A region on the northern border of India and north-eastern Pakistan.
A Burmese politician, diplomat, and author, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1991).
Down
Republic in Southeast Asia, now officially known as Myanmar.
The policy or practice of more open consultative government and wider dissemination of information, initiated by leader Mikhail Gorbachev from 1985.
A member of a people inhabiting parts of southern India and Sri Lanka.
A population of about 70 million, consisting of five republics: Kazakhstan (pop. 18 million), Kyrgyzstan (6 million), Tajikistan (9 million), Turkmenistan (6 million), and Uzbekistan (31 million). Afghanistan (pop.
Guerrilla fighters in Islamic countries, especially those who are fighting against non-Muslim forces.
The mass expulsion or killing of members of an unwanted ethnic or religious group in a society.
Was a federation of 11 states that existed from 1 February 1948 until 16 September 1963.
A literary movement of the 1930s, '40s, and '50s that began among French-speaking African and Caribbean writers living in Paris as a protest against French colonial rule and the policy of assimilation.
An Indonesian statesman who obtained the independence of Indonesia from the Netherlands in 1949 and served as president until ousted by Suharto in a coup d'etat (1901-1970) Achmad Sukarno.
Was the military dictator and President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (which Mobutu renamed Zaire in 1971) from 1965 to 1997.
Polish labor leader and statesman.
A predominantly Muslim region in southern Russia, which declared its independence from Russia after the breakup of the Soviet Union.
Hong Kong is an autonomous territory, and former British colony, in southeastern China