Cold War Review

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Across
  1. 3. The _____ Revolution was a time when media and culture in China were rewritten to be focused on Mao and communist ideas.
  2. 5. The Strategic ________ Initiative (SDI), commonly known as "Star Wars," was an attempt by the United States to develop a missile defense system to protect against nuclear attacks.
  3. 7. Goal of the United States towards communism during the Cold War
  4. 9. In 1975, the South Vietnamese government fell. Now, Vietnam is one country ruled by the ______ Party.
  5. 10. Founder of communism, whose ideas were the foundation for the Soviet Union. Once the reforms began under Gorbachev, the Soviet economy began to gradually move away from his ideas.
  6. 11. First leader of communist China
  7. 12. Alliance of Western, capitalist countries during the Cold War.
Down
  1. 1. The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) were agreements between the US and Soviet Union to limit the number of _____ weapons.
  2. 2. Countries in central and ____ Europe were behind an "Iron Curtain," and became communist countries in the Soviet Union's sphere of influence.
  3. 4. Russian word meaning restructuring or reform, which took place during the mid to late 1980s under Mikhail Gorbachev. This allowed some elements of a market economy.
  4. 6. The _____ Pact was an alliance of Eastern European communist countries during the Cold War.
  5. 7. During the Great Leap Forward, Mao forced peasant farmers to work on government-run farms called ____.
  6. 8. Number of countries on the Korean Peninsula today
  7. 11. The ____ Plan was a program where the US provided aid to Western European countries after WWII, in part to help strengthen their economies, and therefore, prevent communism from spreading.