20th Century History 1945-2000

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Across
  1. 2. A vessel made of material that does not melt easily; used for high temperature chemical reactions
  2. 4. The first avowed Marxist to win a presidency in a free election, he was overthrown and killed in a military coup
  3. 6. A series of negotiations between the US and the Soviet Union aimed at the limitation or reduction of nuclear armaments.(Abbreviation)
  4. 9. Soviet statesman whose foreign policy brought an end to the Cold War and whose domestic policy introduced major reforms
  5. 10. A city in northeastern Germany; site of the Potsdam Conference in the summer of 1945
  6. 12. Iraqi leader who waged war against Iran; his invasion of Kuwait led to the Gulf War
  7. 16. A War torn country, taken over by the Taliban
  8. 17. A notional barrier that prevents the passage of information or ideas between political entities
  9. 21. Polish labor leader and statesman
  10. 22. Vice president under Eisenhower and 37th President of the United States
  11. 24. United States politician who unscrupulously accused many citizens of being Communists
  12. 25. Soviet cosmonaut who in 1961 was the first person to travel in space
  13. 26. A Soviet politician and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
  14. 29. Capital of Poland
Down
  1. 1. Cuban socialist leader who overthrew a dictator in 1959 and established a Marxist socialist state in Cuba.
  2. 2. British statesman and leader during World War II
  3. 3. Largest island in West Indies
  4. 5. The systematic use of spies to get military or political secrets
  5. 7. A republic in Central America, achieved independence from Spain in 1821
  6. 8. A Russian artificial satellite, was the first man-made satellite to orbit the earth
  7. 11. A republic in Central America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821
  8. 13. Ho Chi Minh City, a city in South Vietnam, formerly it was the capital of French Indochina (formerly known as)
  9. 14. American military code word used to refer to the First Gulf War
  10. 15. A 1956 British mystery film directed by Roy Ward Baker
  11. 18. An international communist organization initiated in Moscow during March 1919
  12. 19. a fundamentalist Islamic militia, took over Afghanistan
  13. 20. A political organization and army in South Vietnam and Cambodia that fought the United States and South Vietnamese governments during the Vietnam War
  14. 23. Russian leader who was the head of the Communist Party leader of Russia during World War II
  15. 27. The easing of tensions or strained relations between nations
  16. 28. United States assassin of President John F. Kennedy