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Cold War Vocabulary
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iron curtain : Churchill's declaration regarding the division between Eastern and Western Europe during the Cold War
containment : policy aimed at preventing the spread of communism
Truman Doctrine : policy of giving aid to countries threatened by communism
Marshall Plan : Plan to give aid to European countries to help them recover from the war
NATO : military alliance of the USA and Western nations
Warsaw Pact : military alliance of the Soviet Union and Eastern nations
domino theory : theory that nations were like a row of dominoes; if one fell, the others would fall too
nonaligned nations : countries that did not take sides with either the USA or Soviet Union
Khrushchev : leader of the Soviet Union after Stalin
SALT : talks to limt nuclear arms in the two superpowers
United Nations : world organization formed to prevent war after WWII
democracy : government policy based on the voting power of the people
Sputnik : world's first human-made satellite
Korea : country which was divided at the 38th parallel
Vietnam: country that did not want to be ruled by the French; led by nationalist leader Ho Chi Minh
Cold War Vocabulary
Across:1. | world organization formed to prevent war after WWII | 10. | policy aimed at preventing the spread of communism | 11. | Plan to give aid to European countries to help them recover from the war | 12. | world's first human-made satellite | 13. | military alliance of the USA and Western nations | 14. | country which was divided at the 38th parallel |
| | Down:2. | countries that did not take sides with either the USA or Soviet Union | 3. | government policy based on the voting power of the people | 4. | country that did not want to be ruled by the French; led by nationalist leader Ho Chi Minh | 5. | Churchill's declaration regarding the division between Eastern and Western Europe during the Cold War | 6. | policy of giving aid to countries threatened by communism | 7. | talks to limt nuclear arms in the two superpowers | 8. | theory that nations were like a row of dominoes; if one fell, the others would fall too | 9. | military alliance of the Soviet Union and Eastern nations |
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Cold War Vocabulary
Across:1. | world organization formed to prevent war after WWII | 10. | policy aimed at preventing the spread of communism | 11. | Plan to give aid to European countries to help them recover from the war | 12. | world's first human-made satellite | 13. | military alliance of the USA and Western nations | 14. | country which was divided at the 38th parallel |
| | Down:2. | countries that did not take sides with either the USA or Soviet Union | 3. | government policy based on the voting power of the people | 4. | country that did not want to be ruled by the French; led by nationalist leader Ho Chi Minh | 5. | Churchill's declaration regarding the division between Eastern and Western Europe during the Cold War | 6. | policy of giving aid to countries threatened by communism | 7. | talks to limt nuclear arms in the two superpowers | 8. | theory that nations were like a row of dominoes; if one fell, the others would fall too | 9. | military alliance of the Soviet Union and Eastern nations |
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