The Cold War
Across
- 1. An economic system based on government ownership and control of resources.
- 5. Purposely escalating a dangerous situation to the limit (brink), while giving the impression that you are willing to go to war, in the hope of pressuring your opponents to back down.
- 7. North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It is an alliance of democratic and western countries including much of Western Europe, Canada, and the United States.
- 10. A softening or easing of relations between the United States and the Soviet Union.
- 11. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , also commonly called the Soviet Union, was a country that consisted of what is now Russia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and Uzbekistan.
- 14. A crossing point between West Berlin and East Berlin when the Berlin Wall divided the city.
- 16. was a competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to explore space
- 20. A term used by Mikhail Gorbachev to describe a reconstruction of the Soviet economy and industry.
- 21. a policy introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev that allowed for more openness in the Soviet government as well as some level of freedom of speech.
- 22. when two sides use third parties to fight rather than fighting each other directly
- 23. Strategic Arms Limitation Talks. It was when the United States and the Soviet Union agreed to limit the number of nuclear weapons they made.
- 24. the guarantee that if one superpower launched a massive nuclear attack, the other would reciprocate by also launching a massive nuclear attack, and both countries would be destroyed.
- 25. A competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to manufacture the most nuclear weapons. They also tried to outdo each other in weapons technology and defense.
- 26. An economic system based on private ownership (rather than government ownership) and the free market system.
Down
- 2. a country that is significantly stronger, especially in regards to their military, than most other countries.
- 3. an effort to stop the spread of communism. It said that the United States would help countries that were threatened by "armed minorities or outside pressures".
- 4. a descriptive term or symbol used to describe the border between the communist and democratic countries of Europe.
- 6. an economic and political philosophy named after its author German philosopher Karl Marx.
- 8. The Eisenhower Doctrine stated that a country could ask for military support from the United States if it was threatened by another country.
- 9. The Eastern Bloc was a name given to the Soviet Union and its communist controlled states in Eastern Europe such as Poland, East Germany, and Bulgaria.
- 12. A direct line of communication between the White House and the Kremlin established in 1963. Often called the "red telephone."
- 13. A nuclear weapon is a device that uses nuclear forces to create a huge explosion capable of destroying an entire city.
- 15. This is the term given to accusations of treason or disloyalty without having evidence.
- 17. U.S. President Ronald Reagan's plan to research, develop, and build a space-based system that could destroy incoming nuclear missiles
- 18. a time of extreme anti-communism in the United States.
- 19. an alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern Europe communist nations.