Chief Editor Rodondi's Crossword "Quiz"

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Across
  1. 3. The “Curtain” that divided the East from the West.
  2. 4. The name of the group of nations that work together for world peace.
  3. 6. A famous Cold War movie about a boxer.
  4. 7. The government of the US.
  5. 8. The last name of Cuba’s leader during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
  6. 12. Devastating weapons that the two super powers during the Cold War raced to make more of.
  7. 15. The country where a war was fought between a Communist North and a Democratic South.
  8. 18. The name (acronym) of the western Military Alliance that the US was a part of.
  9. 19. The name of the Eastern Military alliance that the USSR was a part of.
  10. 20. The name of the city at the center of a nuclear meltdown in 1986.
Down
  1. 1. the two S___ P____ during the Cold War: USA and USSR.
  2. 2. The government of the USSR.
  3. 5. Laika the dog was part of what “Race”?
  4. 9. Popular British band that formed in 1960 (hint- Abbey Rode)
  5. 10. A dangerous policy of pushing conflicts to the brink of active conflict.
  6. 11. The name (acronym) for negotiations and a treaty to limit arms during the Cold War.
  7. 13. Last name of the Russian Chess player that played against Bobby Fischer.
  8. 14. A US policy that actively tried to stop the spread of Communism in the world.
  9. 16. A conflict in which a major power does not directly become involved (ex. Vietnam).
  10. 17. The last name of the Soviet Union leader that famously negotiated with Reagan about de-escalating the Cold War.