The Iron Curtain Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. point between West Berlin and East Berlin when the Berlin Wall divided the city.
  2. 3. Charlie
  3. 8. between nations to build up their military, especially nuclear weapons, in order to gain a military advantage.
  4. 10. alliance of Soviet-allied Eastern European nations, formed in response to NATO.
  5. 11. 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.
  6. 12. US policy of preventing the spread of communism, primarily through economic and military aid to countries threatened by Soviet influence.
  7. 13. concern within the U.S. that the Soviet Union had greatly surpassed the U.S. in its stockpile of nuclear missiles
  8. 14. line of communication between the White House and the Kremlin established in 1963. Often called the "red telephone.
  9. 17. shelter
  10. 18. ​
  11. 19. form of government in the Soviet Union in which the state owned all means of production and was led by a centralized, authoritarian party. This was viewed as the antithesis of democracy in the United States.
Down
  1. 1. that dominates in political and military power. During the Cold War, there were two superpowers: the Soviet Union and the United States.
  2. 2. structures, stocked with food and other supplies, that were intended to keep people safe from radioactive fallout following a nuclear attack.
  3. 4. Wars
  4. 5. in which opposing superpowers supported different sides in a conflict without directly engaging each other. Examples include the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
  5. 6. gap
  6. 7. Pact
  7. 9. Race
  8. 11. of improved relations between the United States and the Soviet Union, characterized by increased dialogue and cooperation.
  9. 15. in June 1987 by Mikhail Gorbachev, an economic policy to decentralize the Soviet economy. The term translates to "restructuring" in Russian.
  10. 16. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (U.S.S.R.), 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.