Leslie Medina Crossword Project

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  1. 4. Plan A U.S. program providing aid to Western Europe following the devastation of World War II.
  2. 5. Comes from the Greek words "demos", meaning people, and "kratos" meaning power.
  3. 8. Airlift A military operation in the late 1940s that brought food and other needed goods into West Berlin by air after the government of East Germany.
  4. 9. War Conflict between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea) in which at least 2.5 million persons lost their lives.
  5. 11. Race A race between hostile nations to accumulate or develop weapons.
  6. 12. Curtain A barrier that divided capitalist and communist nations.
  7. 14. Union A socialist state in Eurasia that existed from 1922 to 1991.
  8. 15. Nations One place where the world's nations can. gather together, discuss common problems. and find shared solutions.
Down
  1. 1. Theory The domino theory is a geopolitical theory which posits that increases or decreases in democracy in one country tend to spread to neighboring countries in a domino effect.
  2. 2. Pact A treaty that established a mutual-defense organization.
  3. 3. Doctrine Established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces.
  4. 6. The action of keeping something harmful under control or within limits.
  5. 7. An economic ideology that advocates for a classless society in which all property and wealth are communally owned, instead of being owned by individuals.
  6. 10. Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) A security alliance of 30 countries from North America and Europe.
  7. 13. War An ongoing political rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies that developed after World War II.