Iron Curtain Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. Best-known Berlin Wall crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War, as named by the Western Allies
  2. 6. a line that marks the limits of an area; a dividing line
  3. 7. The attempts by the Central Intelligence Agency-funded _______ (RFE)
  4. 8. During the __________ the iron curtains extended to the airwaves.
  5. 11. socialist state that spanned Eurasia during its existence from 1922 to 1991
  6. 13. This speech addresses the necessity for the United States and Britain to act as the guardians of peace and stability against the menace of Soviet communism
  7. 14. Also known as the Third International, was an international organization founded in 1919 that advocated world communism, headed by the SovietUnion was a socialist state that spanned Eurasia during its existence from 1922 to 1991
  8. 15. Guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989.
Down
  1. 1. The term Iron Curtain had been in occasional and varied use as a metaphor since the 19th century, but it came to prominence only after it was used by former British prime minister ____________ in a speech at Fulton, Missouri, U.S., on March 5, 1946.
  2. 3. neutral zonal area that lies between two or more bodies of land, usually pertaining to countries
  3. 4. According to the first, Soviet leader ____________ was committed to limitless expansion and would only be encouraged by concessions.
  4. 5. an intergovernmental military alliance between 27 European countries, 2 North American countries, and 1 Eurasian country
  5. 9. global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945
  6. 10. Continent divided by the Iron Curtain
  7. 12. The political, military, and ideological barrier erected by the Soviet Union after World War II to seal off itself and its dependent eastern and central European allies from open contact with the West and other noncommunist areas.