COLD WAR

4. Crisis that occurred when Stalin cut all road, rail and waterway access to Allied-controlled Berlin
8. Policy used by the USA to keep Communism within its existing borders in order to prevent its spread elsewhere
10. Witch hunt to find anyone in US that might be communist or soft on communism
12. A type of conflict whereby countries fight on the behalf of more powerful countries
13. the economic system where the government owns all property and businesses
14. Military alliance formed by the USSR and her allies
17. A term coined by Winston Churchill that refers to the ideological division of Western and Eastern Europe
18. Stated that the US will help any country that did not want communism
19. Economic program launched by the USA to help rebuild post-WWII Europe
20. The belief that when a country falls to Communism, the neighbouring countries will follow suit

1. resulted in a divided country at the 38th parallel
2. Meeting and treaties to start to decrease arms in the US and USSR
3. the restructuring of Russia's economy brought about by Gorbachec
5. When Russia obtained this type of weapon, the Cold War began
6. After WWII the US and the USSR became the world's ___’s
7. Military alliance formed by the western countries of Europe that didn't want Communism
9. A type of missile that was first launched by the USSR in 1957, with a minimum range of 5500km
11. Russia was the 1st to send something into space and called it _____
15. A country that is controlled by the Soviet Union usually being used as a bufferne The guiding principle behind USA’s foreign policy that was aimed at stopping Soviet expansion after WWII
16. removing this was symbolic of the end of the Cold War
21. Feared outcome of a conflict, should both countries decide to use nuclear weapons against each other