Cold War Review

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Across
  1. 1. communist leader of North Vietnam
  2. 3. mutual defense pact formed by Western nations in 1949
  3. 5. military pact for the Soviet Union and their allies
  4. 8. policy of Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev
  5. 10. Khrushchev's successor; held power until 1982 when he died
  6. 13. operation that moved supplies to West Berlin
  7. 14. first major proxy war fought by communist and non-communist
  8. 15. head of the Soviet Communists from 1928-1953
  9. 19. U.S policy of attempting to restrict soviet power
  10. 22. ideological barrier that divided east and west
  11. 24. this Polish group helped the country to gain independence from the USSR
  12. 26. line of latitude that decided North from South Korea
  13. 27. 40th president of the United States and helped end the Cold War
  14. 29. destruction was this as “balance of terror” was equal between the Soviet Union and the U.S.
Down
  1. 2. period of revolutionary upheaval and political persecution in China
  2. 4. person who allowed the USSR to build nuclear missile bases in Cuba
  3. 6. a weapons competition between nations
  4. 7. Nixon's plan to gradually remove troops and leave fighting to the "locals"
  5. 9. was both created and destroyed during the Cold War
  6. 11. In 1979, the USSR invaded this country signalling the end of the decade of eased relations
  7. 12. organization that replaced the League of Nations
  8. 16. An economic system in which there is no private property
  9. 17. theory that said if Asia falls to communism, communists will win the Cold War.
  10. 18. meeting between Churchill, Stalin, and Roosevelt
  11. 19. US agency involved in secret missions to disrupt political and economic proceedings of other nations
  12. 20. U.S aid plan designed to promote economic recovery in Europe after WW2
  13. 21. What is considered "the incident" of the Vietnam War that led to increased American involvement
  14. 23. policy meaning openness
  15. 24. treaty signed to limit the production and proliferation of nuclear weapons
  16. 25. Potentially devastating weapons proliferated during the cold war
  17. 28. easing of Cold War tensions