The Cold War

3. military alliance in Eastern Europe
5. recovery program which would give European nations American aid to rebuild their post WWII economies
8. capital of Germany that is divided into 4 parts after WWII
12. U-2 pilot shot down while flying a covert mission over the Soviet Union
13. radioactive particles dispersed by a nuclear explosion
16. Famous quote by Winston Churchill where he describes the division between eastern and western Europe
18. practice of pushing a dangerous situation to the limit to force and opponent to back down.

1. formed in 1938 to investigate subversive activities in the U.S.
2. $400 million in aid for Turkey and Greece to fight communist aggression.
4. meeting between FDR, Churchill, and Stalin with origins of the Cold War
6. first artificial satellite to orbit Earth, launched in 1957 by the Soviet Union
7. nations politically and economically dominated by another more powerful country.
9. system where the collective good is prioritized over individual rights
10. the policy of preventing the expansion of communism and keeping it to current boundaries
11. became known for the search of communist sympathizers in the U.S.
14. the division of the Korean Peninsula
15. Egypt's desire to control this area caused a crisis in the Middle East
17. a mutual defense alliance that initially included 12 countries