Cold War and Decolonization

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Across
  1. 3. The Afrikans word for "apart-ness" involved racial segregation in South Africa
  2. 4. A defensive alliance including the USSR and seven Eastern European satellite states
  3. 8. First Black President of South Africa, helped to end segregation with F.W. de Klerk
  4. 9. The USSR invaded this country to uphold it's failed communist government. This invasion reignited Cold War tensions and put severe economic pressure on the USSR
  5. 10. Mao's attempt to rapidly modernize China through production quotas and the creation of communes. Lead to the starvation of millions
  6. 11. A country that is formally independent but under heavy influence and control from another country
  7. 15. Gandhi called this 'Soul Force' which involved resisting unfair British laws through peaceful means and not responding to violence
  8. 16. First President of Kenya, modernized the country by promoting education, manufacturing and transportation
  9. 17. Leader of China after Mao. Known for Modernizing the country economically... not so much politically
  10. 18. The creation of country was promised in the Balfour Declaration, after WW2 and the Holocaust the promise was kept.
  11. 20. This movement started in 1955 by Jawharlal Nehru advocated for independence from Cold War political divisions
  12. 21. This structure in the German capital divided its West and East halves. It came to represent the repressive way of life under the Soviet Union
  13. 22. A defensive military alliance formed in the North Atlantic to support democratic countries and oppose the spread of communism
Down
  1. 1. First President of Ghana, strong advocate for the Pan-African movement
  2. 2. Mikhail Gorbachev's policy which allowed for more openness and transparency from the Soviet government. Also included reduced censorship
  3. 5. Competition between the US and USSR to create the largest stockpile of and most destructive weapons
  4. 6. Mikhail Gorbache's policy which restuctured the Soviet economy to allow more free market practices
  5. 7. This word means to part or to split, as was done in India and Palestine
  6. 12. In 1978-9 a revolution in this country saw the US backed, modern government of the Shah replaced by the traditional, Islamic government led by Ayatollah Khomeini
  7. 13. A massive propaganda and intimidation campaign conducted by the Red Guards to reassert Mao's authority in China
  8. 14. Leader of the Chinese Communist Party. Won the Chinese Civil War after the Long March and World War 2
  9. 19. A pro-democracy protest in China was hosted here. After days of protesting it was violently ended by the government