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Across
  1. 3. countries with a lot of power and influence; US and USSR are examples of these during the Cold War
  2. 6. country divided into East (communist) and West (democratic) after WW2
  3. 8. leader of the United States at the beginning of the Cold War
  4. 9. leader of the Soviet Union at the beginning of the Cold War
  5. 10. name given for the period (1947-1991) of strong tensions between the US and the USSR, it has this name because no direct military conflict occurred between these two nations
Down
  1. 1. ideology that opposes capitalism; characterized by government control over the economy
  2. 2. an ideological barrier that separates Democratic Western Europe from Communist Eastern Europe
  3. 4. political system where power is given to the people; citizens get to vote for their own leaders
  4. 5. economic system that shaped the United States; people and private businesses make most economic decisions
  5. 7. another name for the Soviet Union; stands for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics