Across
- 4. leader of the new communist China
- 7. Non-aligned countries that the U.S. and USSR fought for control over
- 8. Friendly countries surrounding a larger country to act as a protective barrier from invasion
- 10. this was the President during the Cuban Missile Crisis
- 12. The division line at the end of the Korean War
- 13. lessening of the Cold War Tensions
- 16. situation resulting in a the people’s hope for the return of their Shah to be put on trial
- 18. refers to the idea of pushing as far as possible without going to war
- 19. When U.S. troops left Vietnam and left the responsibility to the local Vietnamese
- 20. This was put into place in order to take supplies to West Berliners
- 22. Refers to the changes in the Soviet Union after Stalin dies
- 23. Made up of Communist countries including the USSR
- 28. free flow of ideas and information in the USSR
- 31. Plan to keep Communism from spreading to new countries
- 33. a plan by Zedong to help rid the country of slow moving leaders and spur quicker change. Quickly got out of hand and was stopped by the army.
- 35. a radical shift from USSR’s communist economy to a free market economy
- 39. a type of non-traditional fighting that involved hiding and surprising your enemy
- 41. Team USA organization and pro-capitalism
- 42. a group made up of high school and college students striving for revolution in China
- 44. a country that is heavily influenced by a larger country
- 45. Area of unrest for USSR that led to Yeltsin resigning
- 47. A war between a nationalist group hoping to drive out french imperialists
- 48. this President proposed a missile defense program and increased military spending
- 49. led a revolt against Batista in Cuba
- 50. A war between two divisions of a country which resulted in the border being almost exactly the same as it was in the beginning, the 38th parallel
- 51. a political battle that lasted decades, never using direct military action
Down
- 1. this President signed a treaty with USSR limiting missiles
- 2. Involved U.S. trained Cubans exiles and was a defeat for the U.S.
- 3. youngest leader of the USSR since Stalin
- 5. Leader of Soviet Union after Stalin (Last Name only)
- 6. Used in a speech by Winston Churchill, this is used to refer to the divide between the Communist East and Democratic West
- 9. this is the term for two countries fighting each other indirectly, such as Vietnam or Korea
- 11. Led the Vietnam rebellion against imperialists
- 14. Signed by the current President which promised support to countries that rejected communism
- 15. This surrounded the border of West Berlin and did not come down until 1989
- 17. Refers to a situation after Soviet weapons were discovered in an island off of Florida
- 18. This stopped all ground shipments entering West Berlin
- 21. Place where Chinese Nationalists fled after losing civil war in China
- 24. the gradual opening up of political systems in the USSR
- 25. first unmanned satellite launched into space
- 26. President of Russia and takes over after Gorbachev resigns
- 27. Made up of Industrialized Capitalist countries including the U.S.
- 28. a series of programs by Zedong in order to make China into a world power
- 29. an economic restructuring of the USSR to give more control back to local farms and factories
- 30. This program sent over $12 billion to western Europeans countries rebuilding after WWII.
- 32. Muslim rebels fighting guerilla war with U.S. supplied weapons
- 34. The fear that if one country fell to communism, that more and more would continue to fall, one after another
- 36. a stoppage in trading with another country
- 37. The acronymn for the idea that neither country would fire upon the other without fear of being destroyed also
- 38. Large factory run farms that resulted in a massive failure and food shortage
- 40. current leader of Russia
- 43. Team Soviet Union group and also pro-communism
- 46. a series of scientific and mathematical advancements resulting in a man walking on the moon