Cold War Crossword

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  1. 3. -Was the 37th President of the United States from 1969 until 1974, the only president to resign the office
  2. 5. francis powers -Was an American pilot whose Central Intelligence Agency
  3. 7. -Was a socialist union in Eurasia that existed from 22 December 1922 to 26 December 1991
  4. 10. shelter -A building or other structure designed to protect people from radioactive fallout after a nuclear explosion.
  5. 15. phone -Is a "confidence building measure" and communications system designed to decrease tensions and prevent accidental nuclear war by providing direct contact between the leaders of the United States and Russia.
  6. 17. Missile Crisis -Missile scare between the US and Soviet Union.
  7. 18. and Cover -A civil defense social guidance film that is often popularly mischaracterized as propaganda
  8. 20. pact -Known as the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, was a collective defence treaty signed in Warsaw
  9. 21. -An American politician and actor who served as the 40th President of the United States
  10. 23. War -War in Vietnam
  11. 25. -A very powerful and influential nation
  12. 27. -The principal policy making committee of a communist party.
  13. 28. Charlie -Was the name given by the Western Allies to the best-known Berlin Wall crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War.
  14. 31. -The easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries.
  15. 34. -Was a political movement for reformation within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union during the 1980s and 1990s
  16. 37. curtain -Was the name for the boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1992
  17. 38. plan -Was an American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave over $12 billion
  18. 39. state -A state that is economically, politically, or militarily subordinate to another more powerful state
  19. 40. -Has several general and specific meanings. It has been used in Russian to mean "openness and transparency" since at least the end of the eighteenth century
  20. 41. -Is the practice in the United States of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence.
  21. 42. -Soviet politician who led the Soviet union
  22. 44. -The Soviet Union launched the earth's first artificial satellite
  23. 45. - Is an independent agency of the United States Federal Government responsible for the civilian space program
  24. 47. War -War between north and south korea
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  1. 1. - Russian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian Revolution and first head of the USSR
  2. 2. Theory -Was a theory prominent from the 1950s to the 1980s that posited that if one country in a region came under the influence of communism
  3. 4. race -The competition between nations regarding achievements in the field of space exploration.
  4. 6. zedong -As a Chinese communist revolutionary who became the founding father of the People's Republic of China
  5. 8. doctrine -Was an American foreign policy whose stated purpose was to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War.
  6. 9. -A Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He became the first human to journey into outer space when his Vostok spacecraft completed one orbit of the Earth
  7. 11. wall -Was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989.
  8. 12. -An international alliance that consists of 29 member states from North America and Europe
  9. 13. -A list of people or groups regarded as unacceptable or untrustworthy and often marked down for punishment or exclusion.
  10. 14. -Cuban communist revolutionary and politician who governed the Republic of Cuba
  11. 16. -A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
  12. 19. party -Is a political party that advocates the application of the social and economic principles of communism through state policy.
  13. 22. -Is a Russian and formerly Soviet politician. He was the eighth and last leader of the Soviet Union, having been General Secretary of the Communist Party
  14. 24. -A Soviet statesman who led the Soviet Union during part of the Cold War as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
  15. 26. -He was assassinated
  16. 27. -Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view.
  17. 29. Assured Destruction -Is a doctrine of military strategy and national security policy in which a full-scale use of nuclear weapons by two or more opposing sides would cause the complete annihilation of both the attacker and the defender
  18. 30. -Is an alert state used by the United States Armed Forces
  19. 32. -A theory or system of social organization in which all property is owned by the community and each person contributes and receives according to their ability and needs.
  20. 33. -The art or practice of pursuing a dangerous policy to the limits of safety before stopping, especially in politics.
  21. 35. race -Was a competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the United States
  22. 36. -The political and economic theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, later developed by their followers to form the basis of communism.
  23. 43. -An object which is forcibly propelled at a target, either by hand or from a mechanical weapon.
  24. 46. chi minh -Was a Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader who was Chairman and First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Vietnam.