Unit 11 Review

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Across
  1. 4. The state of tension without actual fighting between the U.S. and the Soviet Union (that divided the world into two camps).
  2. 5. What the abbreviation NATO stands for
  3. 6. The Korean War ended with a ________ and the peninsula remains divided along the 38th parallel.
  4. 8. The _______ I was the first satellite launched into low orbit by the Soviets.
  5. 13. This act passed by Congress gave President Johnson a blank check to support South Vietnam from communist North Vietnam.
  6. 15. Competition between the U.S. and Soviet Union for nuclear superiority.
  7. 17. This man was the first human in space.
  8. 18. A political ideology with multiple parties, free elections, elected officials, and 3 equal branches.
  9. 19. The ____ War lasted from 1950-1953 and began when communist North Korea invaded South Korea.
  10. 21. The U.S. has a ______ economy with private ownership for profit($).
  11. 22. Russian word meaning restructuring. This was also a policy of Gorbachev's. It reformed the Soviet economy making it more capitalist and led to the collapse of the Soviet Union.
  12. 23. The Soviet Union, China, North Korea, and Vietnam all have this type of government, led by a dictator and all economic activity is controlled by the government.
  13. 24. The Vietnam War ended in 1975 after U.S. troops withdrew and the city of _____ fell to communist North Vietnam.
Down
  1. 1. Russian word meaning openness, this was a policy of Gorbachev, it brought greater democratic freedoms to Russia, and led to the Soviet Union's collapse.
  2. 2. Competition between the U.S. and Soviet Union for technological superiority.
  3. 3. Military (defense) alliance between the Soviet Union and nations of Eastern Europe; formed in 1955 to counter NATO.
  4. 7. Last name of the first man to walk on the moon.
  5. 9. U.S. policy that if one country fell to communism, so would neighboring countries.
  6. 10. Constructed in 1961, it encircled the city of West Berlin and was guarded by Soviet soldiers.
  7. 11. ________ 11 was the name of lunar mission that successfully landed 3 U.S. astronauts on the moon.
  8. 12. Nicknamed Star Wars, this was President Reagan's program of defending the U.S. against nuclear attacks.
  9. 14. First American man in space.
  10. 16. The U.S. policy of stopping the spread of communism.
  11. 20. First American woman in space.
  12. 25. A defense alliance created in 1949 by the U.S., Canada, and other Western European countries.