The Cold War

8. Conflict from 1950 to 1953 between North and South Korea supported by opposing blocs
11. Country that led the capitalist bloc after 1947
12. Movement created in 1961 promoting neutrality and disarmament
13. US programme created in 1947 to organise mutual economic assistance among Western allies
14. Military alliance created in 1949 to strengthen the capitalist bloc
16. Soviet response denouncing US imperialism and offering assistance to anti-imperialist countries
17. Economic system of the communist bloc subordinated to state control
18. Military alliance formed in 1955 by communist countries
20. Period from 1956 to 1976 marked by dialogue between the two blocs

1. 1962 confrontation caused by Soviet nuclear missiles installed in Cuba
2. US policy proclaiming containment of communism in 1947
3. Period of permanent military, ideological and diplomatic tension between the blocs (1945–1991)
4. State that led the communist bloc during the Cold War
5. Imaginary line dividing Europe into two opposing blocs in Europe
6. Conflict ending in 1976 with the unification of Vietnam under a communist regime
7. Soviet blockade of land access to West Berlin between 1948 and 1949
9. Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, created in 1949 to reinforce the communist bloc
10. Communist states in Central and Eastern Europe after World War II
15. Strategic Arms Limitation Talks aimed at limiting nuclear weapons
19. Barrier built in 1961 to prevent population flight from East to West Berlin