Final Exam Crossword #3 Cold War

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Across
  1. 4. The Cuban Missile ______________ was as close as the world has come to nuclear war
  2. 6. The Berlin ________________ is considered one of the biggest Cold War successes for America and the Western Allies
  3. 9. The opposite of NATO and the West was the Soviets and the ________________ Pact
  4. 10. The American president during the Cuban Missile Crisis was ____________________ (last name)
  5. 12. President _______________________ was forced to admit the spying charges were true when confronted about it by the Russians
  6. 15. The Western Allies and the US used _________________ to ferry all supplies need by West Berlin
  7. 17. The pilot of the U2 spy plane that was shot down over the Soviet Union was named Gary ______________
  8. 18. The Berlin Airlift was needed due to a Soviet ________________ of West Berlin following a political crisis with the Western Allies
  9. 20. The Suez Crisis began in 1956 when ____________ invaded Egypt toward the Suez Canal
  10. 22. The Suez Crisis demonstrated that the old Colonial powers of _____________ and England were losing their grip on power
  11. 23. When the US and USSR fought through other country's conflicts this was known as a ______________ War
Down
  1. 1. The Bay of Pig Invasion turned into a disaster when Kennedy refused to provide air _____________ for the exile army
  2. 2. The Berlin blockade stopped all road, __________ and water access to West Berlin
  3. 3. The Bay of Pigs invasion was financed by the ______________
  4. 4. North Korea was a ____________________ country supported by China
  5. 5. The Korea War ended up in a cease fire with the country divided at the 38th __________________
  6. 7. When the Cubans and Soviets backed down and removed the missiles from Cuba Kennedy agreed to remove US missiles from ________________ in return
  7. 8. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is abbreviated and referred to as ______________
  8. 11. The Bay of Pigs Invasion was an attempt to overthrow Cuba and get rid of Fidel ____________
  9. 12. Powers was sent to prison, but returned the US two years later when the US and Soviets ____________ prisoners
  10. 13. The Cold War was a struggle for political and ________________ dominance between the US and USSR
  11. 14. The Egyptian President during the Suez Crisis was _______________ (last name)
  12. 16. The Cuban Missile Crisis occurred when the Cubans and Soviets tried to base _____________ missiles in Cuba
  13. 19. The reason the Suez Canal was so important was it was a main way __________ was transported to the West
  14. 21. The Berlin Airlift lasted _________________ months
  15. 22. The Korean War was the _______________ major Cold War conflict