ColdWar Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 5. The United States and United Kingdom responded by airlifting food and fuel to Berlin from Allied airbases in western Germany. The crisis ended on May 12, 1949
  2. 6. a collective defence treaty established by the Soviet Union and seven other Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe
  3. 10. It is a federal union of 50 states and a federal capital district,
  4. 12. The first artificial Earth satellite.
  5. 13. the line of latitude that divides North Korea from South Korea
  6. 16. Hopes for a successful summit were dashed when on May 1, May Day, an American U-2 spy plane piloted by Francis Gary Powers was shot down over Soviet air space.
  7. 17. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. JosephMcCarthy
  8. 18. China was the only major country that stood at the intersection of the two superpower camps, a target of influence and enmity for both
  9. 20. the open yet restricted rivalry that developed after World War II between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies.
  10. 21. Duck and cover drills refer to the practice of teaching children in schools throughout the United States to protect themselves from a potential nuclear attack
  11. 22. is a political and military alliance of countries from Europe and North America. Its members are committed to protecting each other from any threat.
  12. 23. a metaphorical boundary that divided Europe into two separate areas after World War II,
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  1. 1. system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state
  2. 2. the act, process, or means of keeping something within limits. the containment of health costs.
  3. 3. a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu (Amnok) and Tumen rivers.
  4. 4. proposed that the United States provide economic assistance to restore the economic infrastructure of postwar Europe.
  5. 7. A satellite state or dependent state is a country that is formally independent but under heavy political, economic, and military influence or control from
  6. 8. Russia is the most populous country in Europe and the ninth-most populous country in the world.
  7. 9. Soviet politician, revolutionary, and political theorist who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953.
  8. 11. the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces.
  9. 14. a system of government in which state power is vested in the people or the general population of a state.
  10. 15. also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945.
  11. 19. HUAC was created in 1938 to investigate alleged disloyalty and rebel activities on the part of private citizens, public employees and organizations suspected of having Communist ties.BombShelter