Marxism Crossword Puzzle for Kids
Free printable educational crossword puzzle. Every clue is a plain-English sentence from the Simple English Wikipedia article on Marxism, with the key word blanked out.
Marxism Crossword
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- 4. For Marxism, this means that each _____ would take its form based on its "mode of production." (7 letters)
- 5. Her labor is making him richer and helping him earn _____. (5 letters)
- 6. They own the _____, land, and buildings that the workers work in. (9 letters)
- 10. In this case, what people see as good and important depends on how the _____ get value out of their workers. (6 letters)
- 11. These people do not own the places they work in or the _____ they need for their work. (9 letters)
- 13. Different classes with different interests argue or _____ each other. (5 letters)
- 14. They think that change _____ be born from this struggle, just like capitalism was. (4 letters)
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- 1. So he only gets $30 at the end of the day for managing the _____. (8 letters)
- 2. Marx calls capitalists the "Ruling Class" because they _____ off of the work of all the workers. (4 letters)
- 3. There is a class _____, which has been the main driver of _____ through history. (8 letters)
- 7. After he _____ Jane her $20 wage, Michael has $100 left over. (4 letters)
- 8. However, Michael sells each pair of _____ for $2 each. (5 letters)
- 9. Marxists think that all of written human history has been divided by _____ classes. (8 letters)
- 12. They have had a lot of influence in many _____. (9 letters)
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Marxism Crossword Answer Key & Definitions
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- 4 Across: SOCIETY — Society is the term to describe human beings together as a collective entity – the sum of their social networks and social interactions. Simple English Wikipedia: Society
- 5 Across: MONEY — Money, also sometimes called currency, can be defined as anything that people use to buy goods and services. Simple English Wikipedia: Money
- 6 Across: FACTORIES — A factory is a building where workers use machines to make things for sale. Simple English Wikipedia: Factory
- 10 Across: RULERS — This page lists the current heads of state and governments in the world. Simple English Wikipedia: List of current heads of state and government
- 11 Across: MATERIALS — Material is what everything that you can touch is made of. Simple English Wikipedia: Material
- 13 Across: FIGHT — Combat is a purposeful violent conflict between multiple combatants with the intent to harm the opposition. Wikipedia: Combat
- 14 Across: WILL
- 1 Down: BUSINESS — A business is a place where people work together. Simple English Wikipedia: Business
- 2 Down: LIVE — Live can be a verb. It rhymes with "give". Simple English Wikipedia: Live
- 3 Down: CONFLICT — A conflict is a struggle between people which may be physical, or between very different ideas. Simple English Wikipedia: Conflict
- 7 Down: PAYS — In France, a pays is an area whose inhabitants share common geographical, economic, cultural, or social interests, who have a right to enter into communal planning contracts under a law known as the Loi Pasqua or LOADT, which took effect on February 4, 1995. Wikipedia: Pays (France)
- 8 Down: SHOES — A shoe is a type of footwear. It is an item of clothing. Simple English Wikipedia: Shoe
- 9 Down: ECONOMIC — Economics is the social science which studies economic activity: how people make choices to get what they want. Simple English Wikipedia: Economics
- 12 Down: COUNTRIES — A country is a distinct territory with defined borders, boundaries, people and government. Simple English Wikipedia: Country
Definitions adapted from Simple English Wikipedia and Wikipedia articles (week 2026-W41), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Read about Marxism
Marxism is the name for a set of political and economic ideas.
The world is split into multiple classes (groups) of people. The two main classes are the working class and the capitalist, or ruling, class. The working class is exploited by the ruling class.
There is a class conflict, which has been the main driver of conflicts through history.
When workers realize their exploitation, they will revolt and take over ownership of factories and materials (dictatorship of the proletariat).
Communism (stateless, classless society with free enterprise).
Key ideas
Marxism says that people in the world are organized into different groups, or classes, based on what they do for work.
Most people are called "workers" because they work in factories, offices, or farms for money. They belong to the "working class" (or "proletariat"). These people do not own the places they work in or the materials they need for their work.
Another group, who are not as big as the working class, are "capitalists" (or "bourgeoisie"). They own the factories, land, and buildings that the workers work in. They also own some of the tools the workers have to use. Marx calls capitalists the "Ruling Class" because they live off of the work of all the workers. He also says that the capitalists own the government, army, and courts.
In Marxist views, capital is the "means of production" and money which the capitalist can invest in different places of business, so that they can "profit" or gain more capital.
Most workers work for companies owned by either capitalists or "petit-bourgeois" (small-time exploiters). The capitalist pays the worker for the worker's time. The capitalist has bought a period of time from the worker, which the worker must then use to labor for the capitalist. According to Marxist thinking, this is the only way that a capitalist can create extra money from a commodity (a piece of merchandise). The capitalist exploits the worker's time as much as they can. The capitalist receives a certain price for the commodity the worker made. The capitalist builds up capital by paying the worker less than that price. In this way, the capitalist exploits the worker's labor by:
Beliefs about modern communism
Some Marxists say that modern "communism" is not communism at all. They say that "communist" countries like the Soviet Union, the People's Republic of China, Cuba, and Vietnam are really using different forms of capitalism, often with heavily "nationalized" industries. A thinker named Tony Cliff was one of the biggest supporters of these ideas. He wrote that states like the Soviet Union and Communist China (before 1980) were "State-Capitalist."
Not all communists, socialists, or Marxists agree on this question. However, many strong supporters of Marxism agree that:
With socialism, workers have democratic control over economic decisions and social justice
An economy produces things (makes goods and services) based on what people need
Socialism will die and change into communism when capitalism is defeated
Distinction between Marxism, communism and socialism
People use these terms interchangeably but this is incorrect. These concepts have different meanings:
Marxism is a method of socioeconomic analysis that uses a materialist interpretation of historical development, better known as historical materialism.
Socialism is a way of organizing a society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the working class, instead of the capitalists.
Communism is the theoretical classless, stateless society that Marx proposed would arise after the demise of capitalism.
Text adapted from the Simple English Wikipedia article “Marxism” (revision 10794928, 2026-03-25), authors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.