Cold War Crossword

2. Race - competition between nations to develop and stockpile weapons
4. Pact - a military alliance between communist countries formed in response to NATO
8. - a political and economic ideology that advocates for a classless society in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the community as a whole.
10. - a policy aimed at preventing the spread of communism
11. - a system of beliefs or principles, often political in nature
13. Wall - a concrete barrier built by the Soviet Union to separate East and West Berlin during the Cold War
14. - a term used to describe the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without evidence
17. - the United States and the Soviet Union, the two dominant world powers during the Cold War
18. - USSR president born in Georgia
19. - the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, a military alliance between Western democracies formed during the Cold War

1. - the practice of spying or using spies
3. - an economic system based on private ownership of the means of production and the creation of goods and services for profit
5. Wars - conflicts in which opposing powers use third parties as substitutes for fighting each other directly
6. - relating to or involving atomic energy or weapons
7. Missile Crisis - a standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union over the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba
9. Race - competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to achieve technological superiority in space exploration
10. Warriors - politicians, military leaders, and others who were committed to the fight against communism during the Cold War
12. - a period of easing tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union during the 1970s
15. Union - a communist state that existed from 1922 to 1991 and was a major world power during the Cold War
16. Curtain - a term used to describe the dividing line between democratic Western Europe and communist Eastern Europe during the Cold War