The Iron Curtain

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Across
  1. 4. – Soviet-aligned communist countries in Eastern Europe.
  2. 5. – Soviet-led military alliance of Eastern Bloc nations.
  3. 7. – Indirect conflicts (e.g., Korea, Vietnam) where the superpowers supported opposing sides.
  4. 8. – Suppression of information; common in communist states behind the Iron Curtain.
  5. 10. – Military alliance of Western countries formed to counter Soviet power.
  6. 11. – When someone leaves their country, especially from East to West, often for political reasons.
  7. 13. – An economic system based on private ownership and profit.
  8. 14. – Competition between the U.S. and USSR to build more powerful weapons.
  9. 15. – Wall separating East and West Berlin; a physical symbol of the Iron Curtain.
Down
  1. 1. – A system where property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their needs.
  2. 2. – Democratic and capitalist countries aligned with the U.S. and NATO.
  3. 3. – Symbolic divide between communist East and capitalist West during the Cold War.
  4. 6. – Communist superpower that led the Eastern Bloc.
  5. 9. – Spying; heavily used by both sides during the Cold War.
  6. 12. – A political and ideological conflict between the U.S. and the USSR after WWII.