Across
- 2. Organization established by the United States to provide economic aid to Europe after World War II
- 3. Term used to describe countries under Soviet influence and control in Eastern Europe
- 10. Term for people who attempted to escape from behind the Iron Curtain
- 11. American policy of containing communism and preventing its spread
- 14. Soviet leader who initiated policies of the Iron Curtain
- 15. Capital of Hungary, located behind the Iron Curtain
Down
- 1. Famous speech by Winston Churchill that popularized the term "Iron Curtain"
- 4. The fall of Germany’s communist government symbolized the end of this war
- 5. Country that bordered the Iron Curtain to the west
- 6. Major event that led to the division of Europe and the establishment of the Iron Curtain
- 7. Country that was divided by the Iron Curtain, with its western part being part of NATO
- 8. Policy of the Soviet Union to isolate itself and its allies from the outside world
- 9. Border separating eastern and Western Europe during the Cold War
- 12. Famous checkpoint between East and West Berlin
- 13. The Iron Curtain divided this German city into East and West