Cold War Crossword

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  1. 3. War -War in Vietnam
  2. 5. -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
  3. 6. -Is an alert state used by the United States Armed Forces
  4. 7. -A system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
  5. 10. -Was a socialist union in Eurasia that existed from 22 December 1922 to 26 December 1991
  6. 15. francis powers -Was an American pilot whose Central Intelligence Agency
  7. 16. 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.
  8. 17. - Russian founder of the Bolsheviks and leader of the Russian Revolution and first head of the USSR
  9. 19. and Cover -A civil defense social guidance film that is often popularly mischaracterized as propaganda
  10. 21. shelter -A building or other structure designed to protect people from radioactive fallout after a nuclear explosion.
  11. 22. plan -Was an American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave over $12 billion
  12. 23. -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.
  13. 25. -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
  14. 26. -The principal policy making committee of a communist party.
  15. 27. -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
  16. 30. -Was a political movement for reformation within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union during the 1980s and 1990s
  17. 31. -A list of people or groups regarded as unacceptable or untrustworthy and often marked down for punishment or exclusion.
  18. 36. 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
  19. 39. menace -A term used during the Cold War era to describe the Soviet Union or an "international communist conspiracy"
  20. 40. zedong -As a Chinese communist revolutionary who became the founding father of the People's Republic of China
  21. 41. -Soviet politician who led the Soviet union
  22. 42. -The easing of hostility or strained relations, especially between countries.
  23. 43. race -The competition between nations regarding achievements in the field of space exploration.
  24. 44. -The Soviet Union launched the earth's first artificial satellite
  25. 46. -An American politician and actor who served as the 40th President of the United States
  26. 47. Missile Crisis -Missile scare between the US and Soviet Union.
  27. 48. race -Was a competition for supremacy in nuclear warfare between the United States
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  1. 1. doctrine -Was an American foreign policy whose stated purpose was to counter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War.
  2. 2. 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
  3. 4. party -Is a political party that advocates the application of the social and economic principles of communism through state policy.
  4. 8. -Cuban communist revolutionary and politician who governed the Republic of Cuba
  5. 9. state -A state that is economically, politically, or militarily subordinate to another more powerful state
  6. 11. 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
  7. 12. -He was assassinated
  8. 13. -The art or practice of pursuing a dangerous policy to the limits of safety before stopping, especially in politics.
  9. 14. -An international alliance that consists of 29 member states from North America and Europe
  10. 18. -Was the 37th President of the United States from 1969 until 1974, the only president to resign the office
  11. 20. -Information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote a political cause or point of view.
  12. 24. -Is the practice in the United States of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence.
  13. 25. -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. 28. -A very powerful and influential nation
  15. 29. -An object which is forcibly propelled at a target, either by hand or from a mechanical weapon.
  16. 32. chi minh -Was a Vietnamese Communist revolutionary leader who was Chairman and First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Vietnam.
  17. 33. War -War between north and south korea
  18. 34. 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.
  19. 35. - Is an independent agency of the United States Federal Government responsible for the civilian space program
  20. 37. -The political and economic theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, later developed by their followers to form the basis of communism.
  21. 38. wall -Was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989.
  22. 45. pact -Known as the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, was a collective defence treaty signed in Warsaw