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Ch. 12 Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| alliance | an agreement among people or nations to unite for a common cause |
| Cold War | after WWII, a period of political noncooperation between the members of NATO and the Warsaw Pact nations, during which these countries refused to trade or cooperate with each other |
| colonialism | a system by which a country maintains colonies outside its borders |
| dual monarchy | a form of government in which one ruler governs two nations |
| circumnavigate | to sail completely around |
| czar | in Russia, an emperor |
| labor force | a pool of available workers |
| Reformation | the 16th century movement to change the practices of the Roman Catholic Church |
| fjord | a long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea located between steep cliffs |
| empire | a nation or group of teritories ruled by a single powerful leader or emperor |
| guild | an organization for establishing wages, prices, and workers' rights |
| philosopher | a person who studies and thinks about why the world is the way it is |