Cold War Cross Word

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Across
  1. 1. a war in 1947 to 1991
  2. 4. a U.S. initiative to aid Western Europe's recovery after World War II, primarily to prevent the spread of communism
  3. 5. a line of latitude, 38 degrees north of the equator, that roughly divides the Korean peninsula
  4. 8. the imaginary line dividing Europe between Soviet influence and Western influence
  5. 9. a military alliance of 32 member states from Europe and North America
  6. 10. fought from 1950 to 1953
  7. 11. a 13-day standoff in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union
  8. 12. a crucial event in the early Cold War, where the Western Allies (United States, United Kingdom, and France) responded to a Soviet blockade of West Berlin by supplying the city with vital goods by air.
Down
  1. 2. a military alliance formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union
  2. 3. a formally independent country that is heavily influenced or controlled by another, more powerful nation, often in terms of political, economic, and military affairs.
  3. 6. short for the House Un-American Activities Committee
  4. 7. a key element of American foreign policy during the Cold War
  5. 11. the core US Cold War strategy to prevent the spread of communism, particularly from the Soviet Union and its allies.