Cold War - Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. A Wall built by East Germany (Soviet Union) to divide the city of Berlin into a east and west side controlled by the Soviet Union.
  2. 7. A 327-day operation in which the U.S. and British planes flew food and supplies into West Berlin after the Soviets blockaded
  3. 8. The worlds first artificial satellite is created by the Soviet Union & launched in to space.
  4. 14. Imaginary boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War
  5. 15. A period in 1962 in which the Soviet Union had placed nuclear missiles in Cuba to annoy and scare the United States.
  6. 16. The conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea.
  7. 17. It was a policy which stated that the US would give aid to any country threatened by communism.
  8. 18. An ongoing political rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies that developed after
Down
  1. 1. An unsuccessful attempted invasion by armed Cuban exiles in southwest Cuba, planned and funded by the United States.
  2. 3. This man became the leader of the Chinese Communist Party and remained its leader until his death.
  3. 4. Soviet statesman whose foreign policy brought an end to the Cold War and whose domestic policy introduced major reforms.
  4. 5. A war (1954-1975) between the communist armies of North Vietnam who were supported by the Soviet Union and the armies of South Vietnam who were supported by the United States and Australia.
  5. 6. The United States tried to stop the spread of communism by creating alliances and helping weak countries to resist Soviet Control.
  6. 9. These were nations that were aligned with, but also under the influence and pressure of, the Soviet Union.
  7. 10. A competition of space exploration between the United States and Soviet Union.
  8. 11. A pattern of competitive acquisition of military capability between two or more countries.
  9. 12. A military alliance between Communist countries in East Europe to counter the threat of Capitalism in Europe.
  10. 13. A U.S. program providing aid to Western Europe following the devastation of World War II.