Cold War Quiz.
Across
- 4. A policy to help rebuild European economies after WWII
- 7. A "metaphorical" wall that divided communism and capitalism.
- 9. This wall was built to seal off West Berlin from East Berlin
- 10. An economic system where the government owns the means of production and there is no private property
- 12. A competition to make the most and best nuclear weapons
- 16. An American and British operation to supply west Berliners with supplies.
- 18. A military alliance formed in 1951 with the Soviet Union and other communist countries.
- 19. Gary Powers plane was shot down while flying over the USSR led to this "event".
Down
- 1. Belief that if Vietnam fell to communism, than all surrounding countries will as well.
- 2. A policy to prevent the spread of communism
- 3. a crisis between Cuba and USA when Cuba built nuclear missile facilities supplied by the USSR.
- 5. A military and political alliance created by Canada, USA and European Nations after WWII.
- 6. In 1991 this happened to the USSR.
- 8. A period of intense rivalry between the USSR and USA.
- 11. a failed operation to overthrow the Cuban communist government
- 13. Recklessly charging people with disloyalty often by calling them a “communist”.
- 14. An economic system where people own the means of production and there is private property
- 15. A competition to reach the space age first
- 17. This policies goal was to contain communism by giving aide to countries who need it