Cold War Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. The idea that if one country fell to communism, others nearby would follow (2 words)
  2. 5. The military alliance created by the USSR and its communist allies (2 words)
  3. 7. The two most powerful countries in the world after WWII
  4. 8. A system where businesses are privately owned and people can make profit
  5. 10. The wall that split East and West Berlin and stopped people escaping (2 words)
  6. 12. A long period of tension between the USA and the USSR with no direct fighting (2 words)
  7. 13. A tense standoff in 1962 when nuclear war almost happened (3 words)
  8. 14. America’s policy of trying to stop communism spreading
Down
  1. 1. A military alliance formed by Western countries to defend each other
  2. 2. The competition between the USA and USSR to explore space first (2 words)
  3. 3. A conflict where the superpowers supported other countries instead of fighting directly (2 words)
  4. 4. A period when relations between the USA and USSR became more relaxed
  5. 6. A system where the government controls the economy and aims for equal sharing
  6. 9. The imaginary line separating communist East Europe from the West (2 words)
  7. 11. The competition to build the most powerful weapons, especially nuclear ones (2 words)