US History - Unit:7, The Cold War ,Vocabulary
Across
- 2. - refers to a possible complete or nearly complete annihilation of human life by the use of a large enough quantity of nuclear weapons to produce a Doomsday device
- 3. - an area with no military forces
- 6. - protective measures taken in case of attack
- 8. -a corporation that has manufacturing or service operations in a number of different countries
- 10. - A theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property communities as a whole or to the state.
- 11. - The US theory that stated, if one country would fall to Communism then they all would.
- 13. - a temporary suspension of fighting
- 14. - a measure of the strength of a brand, product, service, or firm, exemplified by controlling a large proportion of the power in a particular market
- 16. - An economic system based on private ownership of capital
- 17. - a job or profession
- 18. - a war measure that isolates some area of importance to the enemy
- 19. - An economic system in which prices and wages are determined by unrestricted competition between businesses, without government regulation or fear of monopolies.
Down
- 1. - the amount by which something, especially a sum of money, is too small.
- 4. - the creation of more and more nuclear weapons and keeping supplies on hand to bring about mass destruction.
- 5. - the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities.
- 7. - spying, especially to gain government secrets
- 9. - American policy of resisting further expansion of communism around the world
- 11. - A policy of reducing Cold War tensions that was adopted by the United States during the presidency of Richard Nixon.
- 12. - a system of ideas and ideals, especially one that forms the basis of economic or political theory and policy.
- 15. - A competition of space exploration between the United States and Soviet Union.