Across
- 3. The state of hostility between the United States and the Soviet Union in the decades following World War II.
- 4. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created in 1949 by the United States, Canada, and several ___ European nations.
- 9. East Berlin, Cuba, the Soviet Union (USSR), and North Korea were all ____ countries.
- 10. On June 27, 1950, the United States officially entered which War?
- 11. After he led Vietnam to independence from France, Ho Chi Minh became the communist leader of ____.
- 12. The main goal of the ___ ___ was to see who could land the first person on the moon.
- 13. In 1955, the Soviet Union created the ___ ____ in response to the creation of NATO.
- 15. Zedong’s Great Leap Forward was a failure and resulted in a widespread ____.
- 16. The ___ Missile Crisis lead the Soviet Union in attempting to install missiles less than 100 miles off the coast of Florida.
- 17. The ____ _____ facilitated political stability in western Europe, which led to economic rebuilding.
Down
- 1. who led the first Chinese Communist Party?
- 2. The imaginary line between the Communist East and Democratic West.
- 5. In his popular speech given on June 12, 1987, which United States president ___ ____ said "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
- 6. The ___ theory was a belief that if one country became communist, others would follow.
- 7. Mikhail Gorbachev instituted the policies of glasnost and perestroika to reform the ___ ____ politically and economically.
- 8. West Berlin and the United States were ____ countries.
- 12. The Soviet Union launched which satellite on October 4, 1957?
- 14. When the ____ won WWII, The United States and the Soviet Union emerged as superpowers and competitors.
- 15. The Bay of Pigs operation was aimed to trigger an uprising against communist leader ____ ___.