Across
- 4. The idea that if one country fell to communism, others nearby would follow (2 words)
- 5. The military alliance created by the USSR and its communist allies (2 words)
- 7. The two most powerful countries in the world after WWII
- 8. A system where businesses are privately owned and people can make profit
- 10. The wall that split East and West Berlin and stopped people escaping (2 words)
- 12. A long period of tension between the USA and the USSR with no direct fighting (2 words)
- 13. A tense standoff in 1962 when nuclear war almost happened (3 words)
- 14. America’s policy of trying to stop communism spreading
Down
- 1. A military alliance formed by Western countries to defend each other
- 2. The competition between the USA and USSR to explore space first (2 words)
- 3. A conflict where the superpowers supported other countries instead of fighting directly (2 words)
- 4. A period when relations between the USA and USSR became more relaxed
- 6. A system where the government controls the economy and aims for equal sharing
- 9. The imaginary line separating communist East Europe from the West (2 words)
- 11. The competition to build the most powerful weapons, especially nuclear ones (2 words)