Grade 8 Crossword (Cold War)

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Across
  1. 2. — Communist takeover in Czechoslovakia, February 1948.
  2. 3. — Wars where big powers support smaller nations indirectly.
  3. 5. — German capital divided between superpowers.
  4. 8. — Churchill’s term for division of Europe.
  5. 10. — Korean conflict became the first major Cold War proxy war.
  6. 12. — US financial aid programme to rebuild Europe.
  7. 13. — Truman’s promise to support nations threatened by communism.
  8. 14. — New currency introduced in West Germany.
  9. 16. — Agreement ending fighting in Korea, July 1953.
  10. 17. — Germany was divided into West and ______ Germany.
Down
  1. 1. — Stalin created Eastern Europe as a protective ______ zone.
  2. 2. — Period of rivalry between USA and USSR after WWII.
  3. 3. — USA feared Europe would turn to communism due to postwar ______.
  4. 4. — US policy to stop communism spreading.
  5. 6. — Two dominant global powers after WWII.
  6. 7. — Defensive military alliance formed in 1949.
  7. 9. — Stalin cut off supplies to West Berlin in 1948.
  8. 11. — Smaller nations controlled by the USSR were called ______ states.
  9. 15. — Border area between North and South Korea.
  10. 18. — Western response: planes delivered food and fuel.