This printable crossword puzzle has 21 clues. Answers range from 4 to 18 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
the action or process of a state withdrawing from a former colony, leaving it independent
1945-1990 Soviet Union and the U.S developing nuclear weapons to serve as deterrantd preventing an attack.
was a long, costly and divisive conflict that pitted the communist government of North Vietnam against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. (1973)
Polish Cardinal of Cracow elected in 1978
indian politician, and first prime minister of India from January 1966 to March 1977.
(21 September 1909 – 27 April 1972) was a Ghanaian politician and revolutionary. He was the first Prime Minister and President of Ghana, having led the Gold Coast to independence from Britain in 1957.
Founder of Refusenik movement
was a sociopolitical movement in China from 1966 until 1976.
Town in Beijing that was protested in 1989
Polish labor leader: a leader of Solidarity 1980; president 1990–96; Nobel Peace Prize 1983.
1978-1989 Communist leader who tried to modernize China
system of instituionalised racial segregation that existed in South Africa from 1948 to early 1900's
1950-1953 North and South Korea split into Communest and Non Communest state where North invaded South
A national barrier separating the former Soviet Block and the West prior to the decline of communism in Eastern Europe in 1989
Program by Gorbachev that permitted people to form small business and foreign companies were invited to invest in the Soviet Union
south african anti-partheid revolutionary, political leader, philantrophist, and the first black president
Leader in the Soviet Union who wanted to preserve communism through 1985-1991
an international alliance that consists of 29 member states from North America and Europe. It was established on 4 April 1949.
1949 Leader of China communist group
United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces.
1962 Cuba was secretly building bases to install Soviet Missiles that would strike U.A cities