The Cold War

4. military alliance of eastern Europe, supported communism
7. US and USSR compete to see who has the superior technology
9. actual wall that separated east and west berlin, prevented people from leaving East Germany
10. the closest the US and USSR came to having a nuclear war
13. state of high tension between countries but no actual fighting
14. this country was a capitalist democracy
16. occurred from 1950-1953, “hot spot” of the cold war
19. “Imaginary” line that divided communism and capitalism in Europe
20. US provided $13 billion to help Western European countries rebuild after WWII

1. communist country that did not align with the USSR
2. US pledge to provide economic/military aid to Greece and Turkey
3. leader of the USSR that led to the collapse
5. resulted in the country becoming completely communist
6. military alliance of western Europe, supported capitalism
8. Competition to see who was stronger by having more and powerful weapons (nuclear weapons)
11. the fall of the Berlin Wall was the ___________ end to the Cold War
12. this country was a communist dictatorship
15. US sends airplanes with supplies over Stalin’s Berlin Blockade to help people of West Berlin
17. the number of zones that Berlin and Germany were split into after WWII
18. US policy to stop the spread of communism to other regions