Question | Answer |
system of carrying supplies by aircraft | Airlift |
to forcibly prevent entry to an area | Blockade |
period between the late 1940s and the late 1980s when the United states and the Soviet Union competed for world influence without actually fighting each other. | Cold War |
econimic, social, and political system based on the teachings of Karl Marx, which advocated the elimination of private property. | Communism |
farm owned and operated by the government. | Cooperation |
home-or-village-based industry in which family members supply their own equipment to make goods. | Cottage Industry |
maintenance of miltary power for the purpose of discouraging an attack. | Deterrence |
European Union | EU |
common currency adopted by countries in the European Union | Euro |
mass murder of a people because of their race, religion, ethnicity, politics, or culture. | Genocide |
systematic murder of more than 6 million European Jews and 6 million others by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis during World War II. | Holocaust |
supply of people who can produce goods. | Human Resources |
system of building foreign empires for military and trade advantages. | Imperialism |
dependence of countries on one another for goods, raw materials to makes goods, and markets in which to sell goods. | Inderpendence |
North Atlantic tready organization | NATO |
weapon whose destructive power comes from a nuclear reaction. | Nuclear Weapon |
measurement of the amount of work accomplished in a given time. | Productivity |
nation politically and economicallly dominated or controlled by another, more powerful country | Satellite Nation |
refusal to work, usually by a labor organization, until demands are met. | Strike |
woven cloth | textiles |
a state of great disturbance, confusion, or uncertainty. | Turmoil |
labor oranization that negotiates for improved worker condittions and pay. | Union |
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | USSR |