Cold War Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state.
  2. 4. halt the expansion of Soviet communism across the globe
  3. 6. a notional barrier separating the former Soviet bloc and the West prior to the decline of communism that followed the political events in eastern Europe in 1989.
  4. 8. A federation in northeastern Europe and northeastern Asia
  5. 9. The 38th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 38 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane.
  6. 10. Former Prime Minister of the Soviet Union
  7. 11. Democracy is often said to mean 'rule by the people'
  8. 13. airlifting food and fuel to Berlin from Allied airbases in western Germany.
  9. 16. Nation that supports democracy and freedom
  10. 17. a U.S.-sponsored program that was implemented following the end of World War II. I
  11. 19. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and several Western European nations to provide collective security against the Soviet Union. Signing of the NATO Treaty.
  12. 20. a political and military alliance established on May 14, 1955 between the Soviet Union and several Eastern European countries.
  13. 22. the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces.
  14. 23. Country in East Asia
  15. 24. Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14, 1908 – May 2, 1957) was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death at age 48 in 1957.
  16. 25. a highly centralised totalitarian state
Down
  1. 2. any of a series of earth-orbiting satellites launched by the Soviet Union in the 1950s and 1960s
  2. 3. A satellite state or dependent state is a country that is formally independent but under heavy political, economic, and military influence or control from another country.
  3. 5. "Duck and cover" is a method of personal protection against the effects of a nuclear explosion.
  4. 7. a confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union that began with the shooting down of a U.S. U-2 reconnaissance plane
  5. 12. Hatred between the US and Russia
  6. 14. 26th U.S. President
  7. 15. an enclosed space or structure designed to protect people from explosive weapons such as bombs or missiles.
  8. 18. The United States government responded by creating the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), which was charged with identifying Communist threats to the United States.
  9. 21. a republic in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula