Cold War

2. Doctrine,The U.S. pledge to provide military and economic aid to any nation threatened by communism.
4. War,A conflict where superpowers support opposite sides without fighting each other directly.
6. Soviet policy of ""restructuring"" the economy to allow some private enterprise."
9. Plan,U.S. economic aid package to help rebuild Europe after WWII and prevent communist influence.
11. Curtain,Churchill’s term for the imaginary divide between Communist East and Democratic West.
16. world's first artificial satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957."
18. Gorbachev's policy of ""openness,"" allowing more freedom of speech and press."
19. Wall,The concrete barrier built in 1961 to stop East Germans from fleeing to the West.
20. period of ""thawing"" or easing of Cold War tensions during the 1970s."

1. missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads across continents.
3. U.S. policy aimed at preventing the spread of communism abroad.
5. Scare,A period of intense fear in the U.S. regarding the potential rise of communism.
7. Castro,The revolutionary leader who established a communist government in Cuba in 1959.
8. military alliance formed by Western nations for collective defense against the Soviets.
10. Race,The intense competition between the U.S. and USSR to build up stockpiles of nuclear weapons.
12. Parallel,The line of latitude that divides North and South Korea.
13. Race,The Cold War competition between the U.S. and USSR to achieve superior spaceflight capability.
14. Airlift,The 1948 operation where U.S. and British planes flew supplies into West Berlin during a blockade.
15. Zedong,The leader who led the Communist Revolution in China and became its first dictator.
17. Pact,The military alliance formed by the Soviet Union and its satellite states in response to NATO.