Cold War Leaders

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Across
  1. 3. (two words) Catholic nun who worked in India to care for the poorest people
  2. 4. Last Premier of the Soviet Union, whose economic and political policies helped bring democracy to Eastern Europe
  3. 6. A social and political conflict that embroiled the Middle East since 1947
  4. 7. Female Prime Minister of Israel, led the country in the Yom Kippur War
  5. 9. (two words) term for the idea that if one Southeast Asian nation fell to communism, they all would; used to justify US involvement in Vietnam and Korea
  6. 10. (two words) East Asian war fought from 1950-1953 in which containment was successful
  7. 13. Soviet premier from 1953-1964 associated with the Cuban Missile Crisis, the building of the Berlin Wall, and “de-Stalinization”
  8. 17. South African anti-apartheid crusader who eventually became President of that country
  9. 18. (two words) East Asian war in which US was involved between 1954-1973 in which containment was ultimately unsuccessful
  10. 19. Term for one of Gorbachev’s reforms which involved economic restructuring in the Soviet Union
  11. 21. (two words) US attempt at economic containment which offered aid to European countries to help rebuild after WWII
  12. 22. A policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race
  13. 23. Term for a relaxation of Cold War tensions in the 1970s; ended by the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979
  14. 25. An organized act led by a government against an ethnicity or particular group of people
  15. 27. Labor union led by Lech Walesa which contributed to the decline of Communism in Poland
  16. 29. (two words) US foreign policy statement which pledged American support for any country trying to fight off communist insurgents
Down
  1. 1. The first artificial Earth satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957
  2. 2. An act of terror against civilians, usually for a political purpose
  3. 5. (three words) 1962 nuclear standoff which involved Soviet missiles in Cuba and US missiles in Turkey; example of brinkmanship
  4. 7. Leader of the Vietcong during the Vietnam War
  5. 8. (two words)Winston Churchill’s famous ‘______ _______’ speech was in response to the Soviet military takeover of Eastern Europe after WWII
  6. 11. (two words) Chinese communist who became leader of the People’s Republic of China in 1949
  7. 12. (two words) Soviet/Eastern European Cold War defense alliance created in 1954
  8. 14. (three words) A botched invasion in Cuba that was meant to unseat Fidel Castro from power
  9. 15. (two words) US/British response to Berlin Blockade; result: successful containment
  10. 16. Leader of nonviolent protests in India, helped free India from British rule
  11. 20. Term for one of Gorbachev’s reforms which involved political openness in the Soviet Union
  12. 24. First female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, introduced a series of economic policies intended to reverse high unemployment and Britain's struggles in the wake of an ongoing recession
  13. 26. A Ghanaian revolutionary that played a leading role in African international relations during the decolonization period
  14. 28. North American/Western European Cold War defense alliance created in 1949