Cold War

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Across
  1. 4. competition between countries to be superior in space exploration and technology
  2. 7. democratic countries in Europe led by the US during the Cold War
  3. 8. an extremely powerful country capable of influencing international events and smaller, less powerful countries
  4. 9. US policy during the Cold War to prevent the spread of communism
  5. 11. a weapon of mass destruction that gets its power from a nuclear reaction
Down
  1. 1. a war between two powerful countries where neither country directly engages the other but supports smaller countries in conflict
  2. 2. communist countries in Europe led by the USSR during the Cold War
  3. 3. the imaginary line during the Cold War that separated the democratic countries of the west from the communist countries of the east
  4. 5. political and economic system in which major productive resources in a society are owned by the state, not individuals, and that wealth is divided among citizens according to individual need
  5. 6. competition between countries to have the most powerful weapons
  6. 10. political system in which the citizens hold the power and vote for leaders