UNIT 8/9 Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. Conflict between North and South Korea from 1950 to 1953, resulting in a ceasefire that has yet to be replaced by a peace treaty.
  2. 5. Policy of openness and transparency in Soviet Union under Gorbachev's leadership in the 1980s.
  3. 7. Vietnamese revolutionary leader who fought against French and later, American occupation in Vietnam.
  4. 8. China's economic and social campaign launched by Mao Zedong in 1958 aimed at rapidly transforming the country from an agrarian economy to a modern industrial society.
  5. 10. Developed, Capitalist Countries
  6. 12. international organization made of 27 European countries for the purpose of governing social, economic, and security policies
  7. 15. Military alliance formed in 1949 among Western European and North American countries to protect against Soviet aggression during the Cold War.
  8. 18. Agreement signed in 1975 among 35 nations to improve relations between the West and Eastern Europe during the Cold War.
  9. 22. Political reform by Nikita Khrushchev that convicted the crimes of Joseph Stalin and strived for a socialist policies and Leninist principles of government
  10. 23. a policy of political and economic reform in the Soviet Union introduced by General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev
  11. 25. Intergovernmental organization of 13 oil-producing countries
  12. 26. Group of east European countries in a military, political, economic, and cutlural alliance with the Soviet Union
  13. 27. Soviet politician who served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
  14. 28. Chinese Communist revolutionary who founded the People's Republic of China and led the Communist Party of China from 1949 until his death in 1976.
  15. 29. Political party that ruled China from 1927 until its defeat by the Communists in 1949 and subsequently fled to Taiwan, where it established the Republic of China.
  16. 30. British politician who served as Prime Minister from 1979 to 1990, known for her conservative policies and leadership during the Falklands War.
Down
  1. 1. War fought between Iraq and Iran from 1980 to 1988, fueled by territorial and political disputes.
  2. 3. Soviet statesman who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1985 to 1991, initiating policies of perestroika and glasnost.
  3. 4. System of apartheid racial segregation policies in South Africa that forced black South Africans to live in designated homelands or Bantustans.
  4. 6. South Vietnamese politician and first President of South Vietnam
  5. 8. Indian political and spiritual leader who used nonviolent civil disobedience to secure India's independence from British colonial rule.
  6. 9. Popular uprising in 1979 that overthrew the Pahlavi dynasty and established an Islamic republic in Iran.
  7. 11. Political leader of Cuba- president, prime minister
  8. 13. Group of countries that do not align themselves with any major power bloc or alliance
  9. 14. Process of international integration and exchange of ideas, culture, and technology across borders.
  10. 16. Guatemalan president who attempted to implement land reforms and was overthrown by a CIA-backed coup in 1954.
  11. 17. Term coined by Winston Churchill to describe the division between Soviet-controlled Eastern Europe and the democratic countries of Western Europe during the Cold War.
  12. 19. A terrorist attack carried out by the Islamic extremist group Al-Qaeda.
  13. 20. Plan for the reconstruction of Europe after World War II, with the United States providing financial assistance to help rebuild and stabilize war-torn countries.
  14. 21. South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and politician
  15. 24. a tactic used by individuals or groups to create fear, intimidate, or coerce a government or society.