Cold War

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Across
  1. 4. ___ Curtain: metaphor for the separation of USSR countries from Europe
  2. 6. this country was split into East and West after WWII
  3. 8. stands for "demilitarized zone" between North/South Korea
  4. 10. We went to war here from 1950-1953 to stop communism
  5. 11. ___ Doctrine: America should contain communism at all costs
  6. 14. "free market" economy (like we have in the USA)
  7. 16. This country later became known as the Soviet Union
Down
  1. 1. Asian country, the first in Asia to adopt communism
  2. 2. ___ wars: indirect wars fought between two powers
  3. 3. ___ Pact: alliance of communist countries opposing NATO
  4. 5. ___ theory: if one country falls to communism, the rest will
  5. 7. alliance created for Western countries during the Cold War
  6. 9. government controls the economy and everyone is equal
  7. 12. Acronym for "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics"
  8. 13. Berlin ____: operation to drop supplies to people in West Germany
  9. 15. Communist leader of China from the end of WWII until the 70s