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Date:
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GCSE HISTORY - COLD WAR
Events
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
ACROSS
2. (8,3) An investment by the USA of $17billion
to help European reconstruction
4. (6, 4) The flood of refugees going from east
to west was, by 1961, too much for
Khrushchev. He ordered a barrier built that
divided the strategic city that had been the
Nazis' capital.
6. The joining of the British and American
zones of occupation in west Germany
8. (6, 8) The Soviets attempted to force the
western powers out of their half of the largest
city in Germany by cutting road and rail links
in the late 1940s.
9. (5,7,6) The stand-off, over the construction
of nuclear missiles bases on an island just
off the coast of the USA, brought the world
closer to nuclear war in the early 1960s.
10. The new German currency that was one
cause of the Berlin Blockade
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1. (5,6) Khrushchev famously walked out of this
superpower conference in protest at the USA
using spyplanes to photograph the USSR
3. (5, 4) Where the USA and the USSR
competed to break free of Earth!
5. The Soviet invasion of this country in 1979
effectively ended détente and brought about
the boycott of the Moscow Olympics by the
American team in 1980
7. JFK responded to the Soviet installation of
missiles on Cuba by imposing a ring of naval
vessels around the island
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GCSE HISTORY - COLD WAR
Events
1
P
A
2
3
M A R S H A
R
6
B
I
U
Z O N
I
A
I
C
8
B
E R
R
A
M
C
I
E
B
E R
L
I
5
N W A
L
L
S
I
F
G
7
B
L
H
I
N B
L
O C K
A D E
A
O
9
C U B
N
A N M
I
S
S
I
L
E C R
I
K
S
A
T
10
D E U
T
S C H M A R K
E
ACROSS
2. (8,3) An investment by the USA of $17billion
to help European reconstruction
4. (6, 4) The flood of refugees going from east
to west was, by 1961, too much for
Khrushchev. He ordered a barrier built that
divided the strategic city that had been the
Nazis' capital.
6. The joining of the British and American
zones of occupation in west Germany
8. (6, 8) The Soviets attempted to force the
western powers out of their half of the largest
city in Germany by cutting road and rail links
in the late 1940s.
9. (5,7,6) The stand-off, over the construction
of nuclear missiles bases on an island just
off the coast of the USA, brought the world
closer to nuclear war in the early 1960s.
10. The new German currency that was one
cause of the Berlin Blockade
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D
A
M
T
L
P
S
S
L
S
A
N
DOWN
1. (5,6) Khrushchev famously walked out of this
superpower conference in protest at the USA
using spyplanes to photograph the USSR
3. (5, 4) Where the USA and the USSR
competed to break free of Earth!
5. The Soviet invasion of this country in 1979
effectively ended détente and brought about
the boycott of the Moscow Olympics by the
American team in 1980
7. JFK responded to the Soviet installation of
missiles on Cuba by imposing a ring of naval
vessels around the island
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Date:
Crossword
GCSE HISTORY - COLD WAR
Events
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
ACROSS
1. The new German currency that was one
cause of the Berlin Blockade
4. (6, 6) Alexander Dubcek led this attempt to
ease Soviet control in Czechoslovakia in the
late 1960s.
7. A conference held in February 1945 between
the 'Big Three' - leaders of the USA, USSR
and Britain
8. (4,6) This crisis, involving a French, British
and Israeli invasion of Egypt turned attention
away from the Soiet crushing of the
Hungarian Uprising.
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2. (2, 6) Relations between the USA and USSR
went down hill when this plane was shot
down.
3. (4,3,6) Another result of the improved
atmosphere after the Cuban Missile Crisis
5. (8,3) An investment by the USA of $17billion
to help European reconstruction
6. (6, 8) The Soviets attempted to force the
western powers out of their half of the largest
city in Germany by cutting road and rail links
in the late 1940s.
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11. (5,6) Khrushchev famously walked out of
this superpower conference in protest at the
USA using spyplanes to photograph the
USSR
12. JFK responded to the Soviet installation of
missiles on Cuba by imposing a ring of
naval vessels around the island
14. (3,2,4) An American-backed attempt by
Cuban exiles to oust Castro. The invasion
failed disastrously and humiliated President
Kennedy.
15. (6,8) Sporting event boycotted by most
Western countries in protest at the Soviet
invasion of Afghanistan
17. The joining of the British and American
zones of occupation in west Germany
18. (6,3) A major conflict between Communist
and capitalist forces in South East Asia that
started in 1950
19. (6, 4) The flood of refugees going from east
to west was, by 1961, too much for
Khrushchev. He ordered a barrier built that
divided the strategic city that had been the
Nazis' capital.
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9. (6, 3-4) The western powers saved their
position in the largest German city by flying
in supplies that kept the population fed. The
plan worked and Stalin was forced to back
down.
10. (5, 4) Where the USA and the USSR
competed to break free of Earth!
11. Attlee, Stalin and Truman attended this
conference to sort out the arrangements for
dealing with Germany in the immediate
aftermath of the war
13. This term stood for the new 'understanding'
between the superpowers in the late 1960s
and 1970s.
16. A meeting of Superpowers
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Name:
Date:
Crossword
GCSE HISTORY - COLD WAR
Events
1
2
D E U
T
3
S C H M A R K
T
2
E
C
S
4
P R A G U E
S
P R
I
N G
I
5
6
M
7
Y
A
B
L
T
8
A
S U E
R
17
B
P
13
D
É
T
L
T
S
A
E
I
Z O N
T
A R
O
L
D
D
I
I
S
I
S
B
S
B
R
S
S U M M
A
Y O F
I
12
T
B
P
I
G S
L
M O S C O W O
L
Y M P
P
R
A D E
I
C
A
N
E
T
R
Y
16
A
R
U
C
L
M
E
A
I
M
D
F
I
T
T
K O R E
B
T
C S
C
19
O C K
S
I
18
M
L
A
15
A
N
10
E
N
14
E
E R
L
ACROSS
1. The new German currency that was one
cause of the Berlin Blockade
4. (6, 6) Alexander Dubcek led this attempt to
ease Soviet control in Czechoslovakia in the
late 1960s.
7. A conference held in February 1945 between
the 'Big Three' - leaders of the USA, USSR
and Britain
8. (4,6) This crisis, involving a French, British
and Israeli invasion of Egypt turned attention
away from the Soiet crushing of the
Hungarian Uprising.
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A
9
L
11
H
A
C R
R
S
B
S
Z
I
T
A N W A R
N W A
L
L
DOWN
2. (2, 6) Relations between the USA and USSR
went down hill when this plane was shot
down.
3. (4,3,6) Another result of the improved
atmosphere after the Cuban Missile Crisis
5. (8,3) An investment by the USA of $17billion
to help European reconstruction
6. (6, 8) The Soviets attempted to force the
western powers out of their half of the largest
city in Germany by cutting road and rail links
in the late 1940s.
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11. (5,6) Khrushchev famously walked out of
this superpower conference in protest at the
USA using spyplanes to photograph the
USSR
12. JFK responded to the Soviet installation of
missiles on Cuba by imposing a ring of
naval vessels around the island
14. (3,2,4) An American-backed attempt by
Cuban exiles to oust Castro. The invasion
failed disastrously and humiliated President
Kennedy.
15. (6,8) Sporting event boycotted by most
Western countries in protest at the Soviet
invasion of Afghanistan
17. The joining of the British and American
zones of occupation in west Germany
18. (6,3) A major conflict between Communist
and capitalist forces in South East Asia that
started in 1950
19. (6, 4) The flood of refugees going from east
to west was, by 1961, too much for
Khrushchev. He ordered a barrier built that
divided the strategic city that had been the
Nazis' capital.
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9. (6, 3-4) The western powers saved their
position in the largest German city by flying
in supplies that kept the population fed. The
plan worked and Stalin was forced to back
down.
10. (5, 4) Where the USA and the USSR
competed to break free of Earth!
11. Attlee, Stalin and Truman attended this
conference to sort out the arrangements for
dealing with Germany in the immediate
aftermath of the war
13. This term stood for the new 'understanding'
between the superpowers in the late 1960s
and 1970s.
16. A meeting of Superpowers
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