Unit 6 Vocabulary: Cold War

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Across
  1. 2. Conflict over ideological differences that ended with the fall of Communism in the Soviet Union
  2. 5. The idea that if Vietnam fell to communism, the rest of Southeast Asia would follow
  3. 6. Soviet built wall that blocked the Soviet sector from the rest of the city, guards shot those who tried to cross from East to West Berlin
  4. 10. the gradual withdrawal of US troops from South Vietnam, allowing South Vietnamese fighters to take control
  5. 15. A policy that gives aid to those who worked to resist being controlled by others; to help prevent the spread of communism
  6. 17. Conference that allowed Soviets to take reparations from their part of Germany
  7. 19. A fear that communist agents had infiltrated the federal government. A massive witch hunt to root out communist sympathizers ensued
  8. 21. US Air Force flew supplies into West Berlin and air dropped them to citizens
  9. 22. A chemical that strips leaves from trees and shrubs, turning farmland and forest into wasteland
  10. 24. Competition over dominance of space exploration capabilities
  11. 26. Failed invasion of Cuba by CIA trained and backed forces with the goal of overthrowing of Castro's government
Down
  1. 1. A series of accusations, investigations and hearings of alleged communists in the government
  2. 3. An alliance that agreed to come to the aid of a member that was being attacked
  3. 4. The policy or process of preventing the expansion of a hostile power
  4. 7. The crisis that brought the world the closest it's ever been to nuclear war; ended with Soviet removal of missiles from Cuba, and removal of US missiles from Turkey
  5. 8. Political system created after WW2 with the goal of preventing another world war
  6. 9. Apolitical and military barrier that isolated Soviet controlled countries of Eastern Europe
  7. 11. Political agreement that gave European nations American aid to rebuild their economies
  8. 12. the environment
  9. 13. A surprise attack by the Vietcong and North Vietnamese that Attacked American airbases and cities in South Vietnam
  10. 14. An armed conflict between two nations that are influenced by other, more powerful nations
  11. 16. Nations politically and economically controlled by a more powerful country
  12. 18. a guerilla army of South Vietnamese Communists
  13. 20. Legislation under Johnson that aimed to reduce crime, end poverty, abolish inequality, and
  14. 23. The conference where it was agreed Germany would be divided into 4 post war zones
  15. 25. Nationalist group developed to remove the Japanese from Vietnam