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Ch. 11 Vocabulari
12.15.11
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Airlift | System of carrying supplies by air. |
| Blockade | To forcibly prevent entry to an area. |
| Cold War | period between the late 1940s and late 1980s when the United States and the Soviet Union competed for world influence without actually fighting each other. |
| Communism | economic, social, and political system based on the teachings of Karl Marx, which advocated the elimination of privite property. |
| Cooperation | Farm owned and opperated by the goverment. |
| Cottage Industry | Home- or village-based industry in which family members supply their own equipmentto make goods. |
| Deterrence | Maintenance of military power for the purpose of discouraging an attack |
| EU | European Union. |
| Euro | Common currency adopted by countries in the European Union. |
| Genocide | Mass murder of people because of their race, religion, ethnicity, politics, or culture. |
| Holocaust | Systematic murder of more than 6 million European Jews and 6 million others by Adolf Hitler and the Natzis during World War 2. |
| Human Resources | Supply of people who can produce goods. |
| Imperialism | System of building foreign empires for military and trade advantages. |
| Interdependence | Dependence of countries on one another for goods, raw materials to make goods, and markets in which to sell goods. |
| NATO |
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