Cold War Crossword

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