Unit 7 Vocab: DHS World History

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Across
  1. 2. This was destroyed in 1991, signaling a symbolic end to the Cold War.
  2. 7. Alliance between 32 nations since WW2.
  3. 8. A figurative barrier erected by the Soviet Union after World War II to seal off itself and its dependent eastern and central European allies from open contact with the West and other noncommunist areas.
  4. 10. The spreading of information, especially in a biased or misleading way, in order to promote a political cause or point of view.
  5. 12. The Israel/Hamas war war this - because the USA supported Isreal and Iran supported Hamas
Down
  1. 1. The USA and Soviet Union were involved in this throughout the Cold War by building up their nuclear weapons supply.
  2. 3. A defense treaty established by the Soviet Union and seven other Soviet satellite states in Central and Eastern Europe
  3. 4. pursuing a dangerous policy to the limits of safety before stopping, especially in politics
  4. 5. A supranational organization founded in 1945 after the destruction of WW2.
  5. 6. action or policy of preventing the expansion of a the Soviet Union during the Cold War
  6. 9. designed to rehabilitate the economies of 17 European countries in the aftermath of World War II.
  7. 11. Period of tension between the USA and USSR.... called this because they never got into "hot" direct battles between each other.