Ch 11 Terms
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| Airlift | System of carrying supplies by aircraft | ||||
| Blockade | To forcibly prevent entry to an area | ||||
| Cold War | Period between the late 1940s and late 1980s when the US 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 Max, which advocated the elimination of private property. | ||||
| Cooperation | The process of working together to the same end. | ||||
| Cottage Industry | Home or village based industry in which family members supply their own equipment to make goods. | ||||
| Deterrence | Maintenance of military power for the purpose of discouraging an attack. | ||||
| EU | European Union Economic alliance of European nations | ||||
| Euro | Commonly currency adopted by countries in the European Union | ||||
| Genocide | Mass murder of a people because of their race, religion, ethnicity, politics or culture. | ||||
| Holocaust | Systematic murder of more than 6 million European Jews and 6 millions others by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi's during WWII | ||||
| 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 on another for goods, raw materials to make goods, and markets in which to sell goods | ||||
| NATO | International military alliance created to defend Western Europe against a possible soviet invasion | ||||
| Nuclear Weapon | Weapon whose destructive power comes from a nuclear reaction | ||||
| Productivity | Measurement of the amount of work accomplished in a given time | ||||
| Satellite Nation | Nation politically and economically dominated or controlled by another, more powerful country | ||||
| Strike | Refusal to work, usually by a labor organization, until demands are met | ||||
| Textiles | Woven clothes | ||||
| Turmoil | A condition of extreme confusion | ||||
| Union | Labor organization that negotiates for improved worker conditions and pay | ||||
| USSR | Union Of Soviet Union |
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Created by:
WizMini
on 2011-12-12