World War 2 Crossword
Across
- 3. An actual wall that separated democratic West Berlin from communist East Berlin
- 4. North Atlantic Treaty Organization- a military alliance of America and most Western European countries established in 1949
- 7. American foreign policy to stop the spread of communism by creating alliances and helping weak countries resist Soviet advances
- 8. An economy in which the government makes all economic decisions, i.e. communism
- 12. The military strategy that stated the response the use of any nuclear weapon (regardless of size or number) would be the use of ALL nuclear weapons by their enemy
- 13. A country with enough political, economic, and military strength to influence world events.
- 14. an informal but serious competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to be the first to explore outer space
- 15. Leader of U.S.S.R. that oversaw the country’s political change from communism to democracy and its eventual disintegration
- 17. The metaphorical boundary separating the democratic countries of Western Europe from the communist countries of Eastern Europe
Down
- 1. War fought in Southeast Asia between the communist North and it’s Viet Cong allies in the south against the democratic South and it’s ally the US
- 2. An economy in which individuals and businesses make all economic decisions, i.e. capitalism
- 5. A very tense confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States over the Soviet deployment of nuclear missiles in the Caribbean Sea (Cuba)
- 6. Soviet policy of “openess” created by Gorbachev that encouraged the free flow of ideas and information including those critical of Soviet communism
- 9. A conflict of words, ideas and propaganda between nations rather than direct military action.
- 10. Leader of Communist China during and after WWII
- 11. War fought on the Korean Peninsula between the communist North (ally=China) and the democratic South (allies=US and United Nations)
- 12. A US program of economic aid to European countries to help them rebuild after WW II
- 16. US president who made decision to use the atomic bomb on Japan and who created the US policy of containment
- 18. A competition among nations to get the most weapons (especially nuclear weapons).