Cold War to Middle East

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Across
  1. 2. Title of Iran’s monarch who ruled until 1979.
  2. 8. Ideology the USSR hoped to expand during the Cold War.
  3. 10. Leader who established a theocratic government after 1979.
  4. 12. Region where many residents were displaced after the creation of Israel.
  5. 13. Nation invaded by the Soviet Union in 1979.
  6. 16. Terrorist group that emerged in Afghanistan and carried out multiple attacks.
  7. 20. Extremist group that expanded after the destabilization of Iraq.
  8. 21. Resource that made the Middle East vital for economic and political control.
  9. 23. Major 1979 uprising that overthrew the Shah in Iran.
  10. 24. Month associated with the 2001 attacks on the United States.
  11. 25. Those held for 444 days during the U.S. embassy crisis.
Down
  1. 1. Iraqi ruler removed from power in 2003.
  2. 3. Fighters supported by the U.S. during the Soviet-Afghan War.
  3. 4. Type of war fought indirectly through another country’s conflict.
  4. 5. Prime minister of Iran who nationalized oil.
  5. 6. Leader of Al-Qaeda until his death in 2011.
  6. 7. Weapons the U.S. believed Saddam Hussein was developing.
  7. 9. U.S. policy meant to stop the spread of communism.
  8. 11. U.S. buildings bombed in Kenya and Tanzania in 1998.
  9. 14. What the U.S. declared a global “war on” after 9/11.
  10. 15. Alliance strengthened during and after the Cold War.
  11. 17. Nation created in 1948, recognized by both the U.S. and USSR.
  12. 18. U.S. destroyer attacked by Al-Qaeda in 2000.
  13. 19. CIA-supported event that removed Mossadegh in 1953.
  14. 22. Country that fought Iran for eight years beginning in 1980.
  15. 26. Group that gained control of Afghanistan after years of instability.