Cold War Era

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Across
  1. 6. The promoted era of relaxed tensions between the US and USSR that ended in new reduction in nuclear stockpiles. (10.1)
  2. 8. At this post-WWII conference, tensions started the Cold War era. (10.1)
  3. 10. Stalin’s goal in Eastern Europe to create friendly governments as satellite states and a defense against Germany. (10.1)
  4. 15. In 1979, the Soviet Union supported a communist government in this country but failed and left after 10 years. (10.5)
  5. 17. The international organization created after WWII to maintain peace in the world. (10.1)
  6. 18. After the USSR breakup in 1991, this new Russian president struggled to build a market economy and prevent violent conflict. (10.5)
  7. 22. Dividing the East and West of the German capital, this massive concrete barrier was built to forcibly stop East Germans from fleeing. (10.1)
  8. 23. In 1985, this new Soviet leader sought to end Cold War tensions, signed arms control treaties, and launched two-prolonged efforts at reform. (10.5)
  9. 24. Gorbachev urged ___, or the restructuring of government and the economy, to boost efficiency and output in the Soviet Union. (10.5)
  10. 26. Local conflicts where the US supported one side and the Soviets supported the other - i.e. Korea, Vietnam, and Afghanistan. (10.1)
  11. 27. The new military alliance of the US, Canada, and 10 other countries created in 1949. (10.1)
  12. 28. The Soviet Union’s military alliance created in 1955 in response to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). (10.1)
  13. 29. The terrifying possibility of nuclear war led to the idea of ___, if one side launched a nuclear attack, the other side would retaliate, and both sides would be destroyed. (10.1)
Down
  1. 1. Gorbachev’s policies encouraged unrest in the multinational Soviet empire, leading to ___ in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Bulgaria in 1990. (10.5)
  2. 2. New Soviet leader after Stalin in 1953 who called for a “peaceful coexistence” with the West. (10.1)
  3. 3. To destroy Western influence, people were were slaughtered, starved or worked to death during the Cambodian ___ that killed over 1 million people (⅓ of their population). (10.4)
  4. 4. After Stalin blockaded West Berlin, Western Allies responded with this round-the-clock supply drop. (10.1)
  5. 5. This US policy promised to support those resisting communism. (10.1)
  6. 7. This nation was divided into 4 zones after WWII to help them rebuild. (10.1)
  7. 9. This was the idea to stop the spread of communism and limit it to the areas already under Soviet control. (10.1)
  8. 11. From a Churchill speech, this imaginary line became the symbol of division in Europe and fear of communism. (10.1)
  9. 12. North Korean dictator who became a communist ally of the Soviet Union during the Cold War. (10.3)
  10. 13. After Japan’s defeat in WWII, Soviet and US forces agreed to divide Korea temporarily along the 38th ___, the location that will turn into the demilitarized zone after the Korean War. (10.3)
  11. 14. In December 1991, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was officially ___ after almost 70 years. (10.5)
  12. 16. To withstand an attack by the other, the US and USSR spent large sums to develop new, more deadly nuclear weapons during this. (10.1)
  13. 19. North Vietnam’s communist leader who supported the south Viet Cong rebels and eventually united the nation in 1976. (10.4)
  14. 20. Gorbachev launched ___, or openness, in the Soviet Union to end censorship and encourage people to openly talk about the country’s problems. (10.5)
  15. 21. This US economic aid package was to strengthen Western democracies against communism. (10.1)
  16. 24. After Americans left Vietnam, Cambodian communist guerrillas - the Khmer Rouge - gained control led by this brutal dictator and unleashed a reign of terror. (10.4)
  17. 25. A state of tension and hostility between nations aligned with the US and the Soviet Union. (10.1)