the iron curtain

1. country in north America a federal republic of 50 states
6. provide listeners behind the curtain with uncensored news
7. group of eastern european countries that were aligned militarily economically and culturally with the Soviet union
8. military alliance between 32 countries
9. Soviet army
11. electricity generated by powerplants that derive their heat from fission in a nuclear reactor
14. political and economic doctrine that aims to replace private property and a profit based economy with public ownership
15. defence treaty
19. economic system dominant in the western world since the breakup of feudalism in Wich most means of production are privately owned
21. when the iron curtain fell
22. barrier that surrounded west berlin
23. open yet restricted rivalry that developed after world war 2 between the United States and the Soviet union and their respective allies

2. countries puppeted by the Soviet union
3. second smallest of the worlds continents
4. dissemination of information to influence public opinion
5. dictator of the Soviet union 1922 - 1953
10. u.s. sponsored program designed to rehabilitate the economies of 17 western and southern European countries
12. conflict that involved virtually every part of the world during the years 1939 - 1945
13. northern Eurasian empire
16. the prime minister that came up with the iron curtain term
17. principle foreign intelligence and counter intelligence agency of the government
18. when the iron curtain term was made
20. government by the people