Across
- 3. Soviet‑led economic organisation coordinating trade among Eastern Bloc states.
- 4. Belief that if one nation fell to communism, neighboring countries would follow.
- 7. US strategy to stop the spread of communism worldwide.
- 8. Period of intense fear of communist infiltration in the USA.
- 10. 1945 conference where Allied leaders planned postwar Europe and Germany’s division.
- 11. US economic aid program to rebuild Western Europe and prevent communist influence (1947).
- 13. Western military alliance formed in 1949 for collective defense.
- 14. Western operation supplying West Berlin by air during the blockade.
- 15. Soviet leader from 1953; launched de‑Stalinization.
- 16. Site of a 1954 meeting between the leaders of the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain, and France aimed at reducing international tensions
Down
- 1. Conflict where superpowers support opposing sides without fighting directly.
- 2. Metaphorical boundary separating communist East from democratic West.
- 5. 1956 revolt against Soviet control, crushed by the USSR.
- 6. Anti‑communist investigations and accusations without evidence (early 1950s).
- 9. Nuclear strategy where both superpowers can destroy each other, making any attack suicidal.
- 12. Competition between the USA and USSR to build nuclear weapons.