THE COLD WAR Vocabulary & Ideas

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Across
  1. 2. Chinese militia units who violently promoted and enforced Zedong's strict communist ideology.
  2. 4. Name of Nada Surf's 1996 hit song and the opposite of U.S. general public's feeling towards the Vietnam War. [NOT ON ANY QUIZ OR TEST]
  3. 7. This parallel, which still exists, is a demilitarized zone that divides North and South Korea.
  4. 9. American general who wanted United Nations forces to use nuclear weapons during the Korean War.
  5. 11. There are 27 of these, and they are official modifications to the U.S. Constitution. [NOT ON ANY QUIZ OR TEST]
  6. 12. Wall of communist countries the Soviet Union built in Eastern Europe after WWII.
  7. 15. After NATO formed, the Soviet Union and its allies signed this similar military pact.
  8. 16. U.S. believed in this theory involved with a fear of communism spreading in Southeast Asia.
  9. 17. Actor who starred in 'War of the Worlds', 'Top Gun' and the 'Mission Impossible' movie series. [NOT ON ANY QUIZ OR TEST]
  10. 18. Zedong's 'Great Leap Forward' used these in China as he tried using large farms to create industrial growth.
  11. 20. 1945 conference where Allied forces decided to divide Germany into Allied-occupied zones after WWII.
  12. 21. Name of countries on the eastern side of the Iron Curtain in Europe.
  13. 23. Organization formed in 1945 to maintain peace and security throughout the world.
  14. 25. Zedong used communism and also this Marxist ideology in attempt to reshape China's economy.
  15. 26. This revolution during Zedong's reign attempted to build a stronger communist China and lasted until his death in 1976.
Down
  1. 1. Strategy of war used by Vietcong involving various traps and misdirection that the U.S. was not used to.
  2. 3. South Vietnamese pro-communist military group who fought against the U.S. in Vietnam War.
  3. 5. Last name of U.S president who escalated Vietnam War particularly after Gulf of Tonkin Incident.
  4. 6. The Soviets 'won' the first leg of the Space Race by sending this satellite into space.
  5. 8. European country that received most financial aid from the Marshall Plan.
  6. 9. This U.S. plan aimed to help assist the rebuild of many Western European countries after WWII.
  7. 10. U.S. plan after WWII to stop the spread of communism throughout the world.
  8. 13. Period between about 1945-1990 and political tension and threats mainly between U.S. and Soviet Union.
  9. 14. U.S. used this in West Berlin to give supplies and food to people once Soviets cut off traffic there.
  10. 16. Type of government existing in West Germany after WWII.
  11. 19. Chinese communist leader who fought off Nationalists and solidifies China as a communist country.
  12. 22. After the Korean War, this U.S.-supported country establishes a democracy unlike the country to its north.
  13. 24. Area of science that focuses on the nature and properties of matter and energy. [NOT ON ANY QUIZ OR TEST]