World History Chapter 23 Review

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Across
  1. 2. this Soviet leader, a contemporary of Reagan, was responsible for glastnost and perestroika, which gave Soviets a taste of freedom and ultimately led to the collapse of the USSR
  2. 3. this was the president of Russia during the collapse of the Soviet Union
  3. 8. this event was the closest the two superpowers ever got to open conflict, when Kennedy insisted Soviet weapons be removed from Cuba
  4. 9. countries on this continent often gained independence from European countries after WWII only to be controlled by Communist powers.
  5. 11. this general, famous from WWII, led the United Nations forces during the Korean War
  6. 18. this revolution in China was meant to renew the zeal in the Communist cause.
  7. 19. NATO was designed to unite Western defenses against Soviet __________ (also review in your notes the different motivations the Soviets had for expansion)
  8. 20. this came down in 1989, symbolizing the start of the collapse of the USSR.
  9. 21. this type of war was seen during the cold war in places like Korea and Vietnam, when two small powers are fighting and are backed by either the Soviets or the U.S
  10. 22. this political party under Chairman Mao took over mainland China and forced Chiang Kai-shek to Formosa (Taiwan)
  11. 24. _______ Korea invaded their own countrymen to begin the Korean War (think through some of the results of the Korean War also)
  12. 25. this was the leader of the North Vietnamese forces, he declared Vietnam independence of France
Down
  1. 1. this idea of Gorbachev's means "restructuring" and was meant to better manage the economy and experiment with a free-market system
  2. 4. this theory said that if one country fell to communism others around it would continue to fall also
  3. 5. This prime minister of the UK was nicknamed the "Iron Lady"
  4. 6. this policy focused on CONTAINMENT of Communist aggression
  5. 7. this plan was designed by the US to offer economic assistance to European countries post-WWII
  6. 10. this man took over power in Cuba and aligned his country with the USSR
  7. 12. this is the phrase describing the superpowers' race to develop bigger and more lethal nuclear weapons
  8. 13. the acronym for the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty, designed to limit nuclear weapons
  9. 14. this man-made satellite launched into orbit and launched the "space race"
  10. 15. this man was the first non-Communist president to be elected in Poland since WWII.
  11. 16. this square in Beijing was the site of a student protest against communism
  12. 17. Churchill coined this phrase to show the division between the Communist world and the free world
  13. 23. this city was the site of a literal wall going up dividing the Communist and free parts of the city, the most recognizable symbol of the Cold War