Across
- 1. Abbreviation for the organization of the U.S. and various Western European countries that came together to combat the threat of Soviet aggression.
- 3. Stalin once said, “_____ weapons can hardly be used without spelling the end of the world.”
- 6. Island nation that remained a communist outpost in the Western Hemisphere.
- 7. China went to war with this communist country in 1979.
- 11. Marxists believed that socialism would weaken this form of pride.
- 13. The Cuban Missile ________ that occurred in 1962.
- 14. Alliance between the Soviet Union and East European communist countries to counterweight NATO.
- 16. Soviet communists wanted communism to be viewed as a reasonable alternative to this political system.
- 17. Castro The leader of Cuba’s communist regime.
Down
- 2. During U.S. intervention caused by Cold War fears the U.S. often supported ____________ regimes.
- 4. The posture that India took in the Cold War.
- 5. The communist country that Vietnam invaded on Christmas day, 1978.
- 8. The type of radicals that the Soviet Union feared would replace communism in Afghanistan.
- 9. The last name of the Soviet leader who rose to power after Stalin’s death.
- 10. The name of the dam that the U.S. refused to assist Egypt in building, leading Egypt to build a close relationship with the Soviet Union.
- 12. Often referred to as the “arms race in nuclear weapons”
- 15. The other communist giant besides the Soviet Union.