Across
- 4. a political and economic system in which the government owns and controls most everything, and wealth is distributed as the government chooses
- 7. political hostility and military rivalry between the USSR and the US from 1945-1991
- 9. democratic countries of wester Europe including the US
- 10. an act committed during war that is an offense against humanity
- 11. international peacekeeping organization formed in 1945
Down
- 1. boundary line between the communist countries of the Eastern Bloc and democratic countries of the Western Bloc
- 2. program by which the US gave billions of dollars of aid to European countries to help them rebuild from the devastation of WWII
- 3. laws that apply during times of war to protect people who are not or are no longer taking part in hostilities
- 5. alliance formed in 1949 by the Western Bloc countries
- 6. alliance formed in 1955 by the Eastern Bloc countries
- 8. communist countries of eastern Europe including the USSR
- 12. a nation that can influence international events by having a strong military and/or economy