Cold War Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 1. European ______ rocket successfully launched from Kourou in French Guiana in June 1981. What is the name of the three-stage, liquid-propellant rocket for launching satellites into orbit around the earth?
  2. 4. Jan Palac burnt himself to death in _______ as a protest against the Russian occupation of his country.
  3. 7. Khrushchev was criticized in _________ for developing a personality cult like Stalin and giving important jobs to his relatives.
  4. 8. In 1954 Khrushchev began __________ in which 75million acres of new land in Siberia and Kazakhstan were to be turned into farmland. (Three words)
  5. 11. On March 21, 1980, President Jimmy Carter announces that the U.S. will __________ the Olympic Games scheduled to take place in Moscow that summer.
  6. 12. In 1947-1948, the Soviets suppressed opponents of communism in Hungary and sent tanks to support ____ that deposed the pro-Western leader of Czechoslovakia.
  7. 13. What is a war of words and state of tension between the U.S.S.R and the U.S.A and between their allies? (Two words)
  8. 14. What is a four-kilometer-wide buffer area along the final battle line between North and South Korea? (abbreviation)
  9. 17. A direct telephone link was installed between the White House and the ______.
  10. 18. What is the boundary that separated Soviet Bloc from NATO countries until the end of the cold war? (Two words)
  11. 21. ________is the easing of tension between the United States and USSR.
  12. 22. _______ was the priority in all four zones of Germany once they had surrendered. Local Nazis were purged from any important posts and 21 top Nazis were put on trial at Nuremberg.
  13. 24. Eastern Europe forms part of the Soviet Bloc and the Soviet Union has a free hand there to ensure ___________, which means Soviet domination.
  14. 29. What do you call the alliance by communist states of Europe that was created in 1955? (Two words)
  15. 30. _________ is heavily protected underground chambers for ICBM.
  16. 32. The Albanian Communists, led by _________, had successfully fought off the Italians and Germans without Soviet help in the shape of Red Army. (Two words)
  17. 33. The US government’s secret activity organization, _________ trained the 1500 rebels to overthrow Castro, but it mistaken the reefs for seaweeds. (abbreviation)
  18. 34. By the end of 1947, Bulgaria, Rumania, Poland, Hungary, and ________ had Communist governments in power.
  19. 35. ______ is policy of Soviet leader, Nitika Khrushchev, to improve relations with the United States and the West in general. (Two words)
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  1. 2. _____________ treaty was made between USA and Russia in August 1963. (Three words)
  2. 3. The explosion of atomic bombs is caused by the splitting of atoms of uranium or ____________.
  3. 5. ___________ in Berkshire was one NATO base chosen to receive 96 American Cruise missiles in 1983. The _____________ women’s main peace tactic was that of passive resistance. (Two words)
  4. 6. The Russian ____ would have been enough to prevent a single UN soldier setting foot in Korea, but the Soviet delegation was boycotting the UN in protest at the refusal of the UN to admit Communist China.
  5. 9. _________was expelled from Russia in 1984 because of his novel which told of the author’s years in one of Stalin’s labour camps.
  6. 10. In 1964, _______ was removed from office in disgrace of massive defeat for the Soviets in Cuba.
  7. 14. Unlike the other East European Communist states, Czechoslovakia had been a ________ between 1918 and 1938.
  8. 15. In March 1947, ______ made an appeal to the US Congress for $400 million of military and financial assistance for Greece and Turkey
  9. 16. The border of China and North Korea is along the _______ river.
  10. 18. ____ was established in 1945 as an attempt to regulate the global post war economy. It refused lending money to Castro, so he approached the communist countries. (abbreviation)
  11. 19. In 1945 the U.S.A was the only country with _________. What is a weapon of mass destruction which was used in Hiroshima and Nagasaki? (Two words)
  12. 20. What is the confrontation between the United States and Soviet Union in 1962, over the installation of Soviet nuclear missiles? (Three words)
  13. 23. Because the _______ was a serious and embarrassing problem, East Germany and the Soviet Union had to do something in Berlin, and it resulted in Berlin Wall.
  14. 25. _________ is the methods of old dictator were being changed for a more reasonable way of government. It was given a further boost in 1956 when Khrushchev made an important speech to the Twentieth Congress of the Communist Party.
  15. 26. _________is a neutral zone between two rival powers that is created to diminish the danger of conflict. (Two words)
  16. 27. What is the symbol of the Cold War which separated Eastern and Western Europe? (Two words)
  17. 28. What is an international organization created in 1949 for purposes of collective security? (Abbreviation)
  18. 31. Who is the leader of the North Korean Army in 1950? (Two words)
  19. 36. What is the campaign to crush the popular Greek Communist movement? (abbreviation)