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- 2. The worlds first space satellite. This meant the Soviet Union had a missile powerful enough to reach the US
- 5. MISSILE CRISIS A confrontation between the U.S. and USSR when the U.S. discovered the Soviets were supplying neighbouring Cuba with nuclear missiles
- 6. LINE Radar stations in northern Canada (Two Words)
- 7. Head of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991. His liberalization effort improved relations with the West, but he lost power after his reforms led to the collapse of Communist governments in eastern Europe
- 9. strategic arms reduction negotiations aimed at freezing the number of long range nuclear missiles
- 11. Policy of openness initiated by Gorbachev in the 1980s that provided increased opportunities for freedom of speech, association and the press in the Soviet Union
- 12. Country invaded by Iraq
- 13. An economic system in which goods are privately owned or owned by shareholders that have invested money in order to make a profit
- 16. One of the Big Five members of the UNs security council
- 19. PACT A post-WW2 alliance involving the USSR and other Eastern European countries (Two words)
- 20. UNION The communist superpower in the Cold War. (Two Words)
- 21. WALL a wall separating East and West Berlin built by East Germany in 1961 to keep citizens from escaping to the West
- 22. NATIONS An organization established in 1945 to bring peace and security to the world (Two Words)
- 24. CURTAIN: Winston Churchills term for the Cold War division between the Soviet-dominated East and the U.S.-dominated West
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- 1. POWER a superpower but has international influence (Two words.)
- 3. Peace by force
- 4. a policy initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev that involved restructuring of the social and economic status quo in communist Russia towards a market based economy and society
- 8. A policy by which neither superpower would fire a nuclear weapon for fear of destroying themselves in the retaliating fire
- 10. The defence organization set up to protect several Western nations
- 14. Lester ______ helped the UN work out a solution to the Suez Crisis
- 15. Canadian prime minister who improved relations with the U.S. and signed the FTA and NAFTA trade agreements:
- 17. "Star Wars," President Reagans proposed the construction of an elaborate computer-controlled, anti-missile defense system capable of destroying enemy missiles in outer space.
- 18. PARALLEL Line that divides North and South Korea
- 19. The _____ Health Organization is responsible for providing leadership in global health
- 23. A defence agreement signed between Canada and the USA