Early Cold War & Decolonization Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• containment: blocking soviet influence; stopping expansion of communism
• nato: defensive military alliance formed in 1949
• ho chi minh: communist leader of vietnam in the north
• mao zedong: leader of the chinese communists
• sputnik: soviets' first artificial satellite
• warsaw pact: soviet union's alliances with eastern european nations
• castro: cuba's communist leader during the missile crisis (last name)
• marshall plan: $12.5 billion of u.s. aid to help rebuild western europe
• mandela: black president elected by a majority in south africa (last name)
• khrushchev: new soviet leader after death of stalin (last name)
• iron curtain: churchill's term for dividing line between democratic and communist portions of europe
• vietnam: country that was unified under communism in 1975
• france: country vietnam gained independence from in 1954
• pan africanism: uniting all africans regardless of national boundaries
• singapore: country of southeast asia that has become extremely prosperous with strong economy
• pakistan: new nation created for indian muslims
• philippines: first of the world's colonies to achieve independence after wwii