Question | Answer |
Nato | North Atlantic Treaty Organization. an organization formed in Washington, D.C. comprising the 12 nations of the Atlantic Pact together with Greece, Turkey, and the Federal Republic of Germany, for the purpose of collective defense against aggression. |
Ussr | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
Union | labor organization that negotiates for improved worker conditions and pay |
Textiles | woven cloth |
Strike | refusal to work, usually by a labor organization, until demands are met |
Statelait Nation | nation politically and economically dominated or controlled by another, more powerful country |
Productivity | measurement of the amount of work accomplished in a given time |
Nuclear Weapon | weapn whos destructive power comes from a nuclear reaction |
Indterdependence | dependence of countries on one another for goods, raw materials to make goods, and markets in which to sell goods |
Imperialism | system of building foreign empires for military and trade advantages |
Human Resources | supply of people who can produce goods |
Holocaust | systematic murder of more than 6 million European Jews and ^ million others Adolg Hitler and the Nazis during World War II |
Genocide | Mass murder of a people because of their race, religion, Ethnicity, politics, or culture |
Euro | Common currency adopted by countries in the European Union |
Eu | European union |
Dererrence | Mainenance of military power for the purpose of discouraging an attack |
Cottage Industry | home or village-based industry in which family members supply their own equipment to make goods |
Cooperation | The act or practice of cooperating. |
communism | economic, social ,and political system based on the teachings of Karl Marx , which advocated the elmination of private property |
Cold war | period between the late 1940's and late 1980's when the United States and the soviet union competed for world influence without actually fighting each other |
Blockade | to forcibly prevent entry to an area |
Airlift | a system of caring supplies by air craft |