Across
- 2. an economic system based on private ownership of business
- 5. Doctrine
- 6. Nations A peace-keeping organization created at the end of WW2 in hopes of preventing future military conflict
- 10. a political system in which one leader or a small group of leaders holds absolute power
- 11. curtain an imaginary line dividing the communist controlled sphere within Europe and the "free" or democratic nations of Europe
- 12. war a state of tension between 2 or more nations with no actual fighting
- 13. a political system in which citizens vote for their representatives and their wishes
- 14. race The battle between the United States and the Soviet Union in which both nations aimed to be the first to explore outer space
Down
- 1. launched by the Soviet Union - the first artificial satellite put into Earth's orbit
- 2. the policy of not allowing communism to spread to any more nations
- 3. race a battle between two or more countries to create the most and best weaponry
- 4. North Atlantic Treaty Organization - A military alliance of former Allied nations (and others located along the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean) that agree to work together in case of attack from an outside source-
- 7. theory The theory that if one nation in Asia falls to communism, the rest will follow
- 8. Plan An American aid program in Europe which provided support to the war-torn countries after WW2 in attempt to stop the spread of communism
- 9. nation a nation under heavy political or economic influence of a more powerful nation
- 12. an economic system based on community or government ownership of business