The Iron Curtain

1. The doctrine that stated that the United States would provide military and economic assistance to any country threatened by communism.
4. The Soviet satellite state where a failed uprising against communist rule occurred in 1956.
7. The term used to describe the dividing line between Western Europe and the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War.
8. The term used to describe the period of tension and rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union after World War II.
10. The term used to describe the period of liberalization in Czechoslovakia in 1968, crushed by Soviet intervention.
12. The Soviet satellite state where a failed uprising against communist rule occurred in 1968.
13. The U.S. Senator known for his anti-communist investigations and hearings in the 1950s.
14. The city that was divided into East and West sectors, leading to the Berlin Wall being built.

2. The military alliance formed by Western European countries and the United States to counter the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
3. How many soviet soldiers and civilians died in the war?
5. The U.S. policy of providing economic aid to European countries to help them rebuild after World War II, aimed at preventing the spread of communism.
6. The Soviet satellite state where a peaceful revolution in 1989 led to the fall of communism.
9. The Soviet satellite state where a pro-democracy movement in 1989 led to the fall of communism.
11. The leader of the Soviet Union who initiated policies of glasnost (openness) and perestroika (restructuring) in the 1980s.
12. The economic system characterized by state ownership of the means of production, common in Eastern Bloc countries.