Iron Curtain

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

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