Cold War Crossword
Across
- 3. A system of government where citizens vote for their leaders
- 5. The dividing line between North and South Korea
- 8. The first artificial satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957
- 10. A US policy promising support to countries resisting communism
- 12. A democratic superpower during the Cold War
- 14. A military alliance of Western countries against Soviet expansion
- 15. A communist country that invaded the South, starting the Korean War
- 18. A political system where the government has total control over all aspects of life
- 21. The symbolic division between communist and non-communist Europe
- 22. A safety drill taught to schoolchildren in case of a nuclear attack
- 23. The US policy to stop the spread of communism
- 24. A Soviet-led alliance of communist nations in response to NATO
Down
- 1. A 1960 event where a US spy plane was shot down over Soviet airspace
- 2. A democratic nation supported by the US during the Korean War
- 4. Eastern European nations under Soviet influence during the Cold War
- 6. The leading communist nation in the Cold War
- 7. A protective underground structure built during the Cold War for nuclear attacks
- 9. A US senator known for accusing people of being communists
- 11. The US president during most of WWII, who met with Stalin and Churchill
- 13. The largest communist country after a revolution in 1949
- 16. A US economic aid program to rebuild Europe and prevent communism
- 17. The leader of the Soviet Union during WWII and the early Cold War
- 19. The US and allied effort to supply West Berlin despite a Soviet blockade
- 20. A congressional committee that investigated communist influence in the US
- 23. The period of tension between the US and USSR after WWII