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geography chapter 19
Term | Definition |
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national identity | Sense of what characteristics make them a nation; Poland has two national identities. |
velvet revolution | A revolution without bloodshed; The declining influence of the Soviet Union caused a velvet revolution in the late 1980s. |
balkanize | to break up into small, mutually hostile political units; Balkanzie was added to the English language. |
annex | formally added; Three states were annexed into the Soviet Union after WWI. |
ghetto | A city where a minority is forced to live; The Nazis forced Jewish people into ghettos. |
privatization | the process of selling government owned industries and business to private owners; Privatization happened in the Czech economy in the 1900s. |
entrepreneur | individuals that start and build businesses; Some entrepreneurs made millions. |
holocaust | the destruction of human life; Hitler caused a Holocaust. |
collective farm | farms where workers were the government paid the workers; The Communists started collective farms in 1948. |
multiplier effect | an effect an investment has on related jobs in the economic area; Eleven new jobs were caused by the multiplier effect. |