Cold War Crossword

Increased armies and stores of weapons to keep up with enemies
Played a part in the Cuban Missile Crisis and the global nuclear arms race
USSR attempt to limit ability of France, Britain, and US to travel to their sectors of Berlin; resulted in the Berlin Airlift
Barrier that separated East and West of Berlin; built by the Communist government of East Germany to keep the country’s people contained
Chiang Kai-Shek (nationalism) vs Mao Zedong (communism); Mao won = establish People's Republic of China; nationalists fled to Taiwan
Gave Iron Curtain speech to warn that the Soviet Union had divided Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe from the West
Period of political tension; ends with the fall of communism *US vs USSR
George Kennan's policy to keep communism in its existing boundaries
USSR missiles in Cuba vs US missiles in Turkey; both countries later agreed to withdraw their holdings
Policy of holding arsenals of nuclear arsenals to prevent war
Idea that if one country falls to communism, neighboring countries will fall too
President of U.S during start of Cold War
Imaginary barrier that divided Europe into the communist East and anti-communist West
North (supported by the USSR) invaded South (supported by US) in an attempt to unite under communism; no one wins and boundary remains at the 38th Parallel
Provided $13 billion to rebuild Europe after WWII
Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Netherlands, Britain, Italy, etc. = provide mutual help if any member is attacked
Powers use third parties as substitutes instead of fighting directly
A nation under heavy political or economic influence of a more powerful nation
The battle between the United States and the Soviet Union in which both nations aimed to be the first to explore outer space
First man-made satellite to space
Center of power in USSR
Provided economic aid to Turkey and Greece
Communist guerrilla fighters that almost seized all of Vietnam
France refused to liberate French Indochina; Ho Chi Minh helped escape colonial rule and then led North in invading South; North won and united country under communist government
USSR, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Bulgaria, Poland, etc. = military alliance