Unit 2 AOS 1 Key Terms FULL

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Across
  1. 5. Belief in equal rights for women.
  2. 10. The belief that if one country fell to communism, nearby countries would too.
  3. 13. war A war that uses nuclear weapons.
  4. 16. One person or small group holds all power.
  5. 17. The U.S. policy aimed at stopping the spread of communism.
  6. 18. A military alliance of Western countries formed in 1949 to counter the Soviet threat.
  7. 20. A set of ideas about how society should work.
  8. 23. Pride and loyalty to your own country.
  9. 24. Someone who supports countries working together.
  10. 25. Competition between the US and USSR to build the most powerful weapons, especially nuclear.
  11. 27. The US promise (1947) to support countries resisting communism.
  12. 28. The wall built in 1961 that divided East and West Berlin; it became a symbol of Cold War division.
  13. 29. A system where property is owned by the community.
  14. 31. Period of tension between the US and USSR without direct fighting.
  15. 32. The basic rights and freedoms everyone should have.
  16. 33. Conflicts where major powers back different sides but don't fight directly.
Down
  1. 1. Refers to the United States and the Soviet Union as the two dominant global powers after WWII.
  2. 2. A US program that gave economic aid to help rebuild Western European economies after WWII.
  3. 3. Soviet policy of economic and political reform also introduced by Gorbachev.
  4. 4. A political belief valuing freedoms and equal rights.
  5. 6. The symbolic and physical boundary dividing Eastern (communist) and Western (capitalist) Europe after WWII.
  6. 7. The easing of tensions, especially between the US and USSR.
  7. 8. When colonies become independent.
  8. 9. The period in the US when people were accused of being communists, often without evidence.
  9. 11. Soviet policy of openness and transparency introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev in the 1980s.
  10. 12. Use of violence to scare people for political aims.
  11. 14. An economic system focused on private ownership and profit.
  12. 15. When powerful countries control other lands.
  13. 19. The competition between the US and USSR to explore space first and show technological superiority.
  14. 21. The Eastern Bloc’s military alliance created by the Soviet Union in 1955 as a response to NATO.
  15. 22. classes Different groups in society based on wealth or job.
  16. 26. Government by the people through voting.
  17. 30. The idea that if either side used nuclear weapons, both would be destroyed, preventing direct war.