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Chapter 11 Vocab
Mr. Payne's Ch 11 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Airlift | system off carrying supplies by aircraft |
| Blockade | to forcibly prevent entry to an area |
| Cold War | period between the late 1940s and late 1980s when the United States 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 Marx, which advoacted on the elimination of private property. |
| Cottage Industry | home or village-based industry in which family members supply their own equiptment to make goods. |
| Deterrence | maintenance of military powerfor the purpose of discouraging an attack |
| Euro | common currency adopted by countries in the European Union. |
| Productivity | measurement of the amount of work accomplished in a given time |
| 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 million others by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis during world war 2 |
| 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 one another for goods, raw materials to make goods, and markets in which to sell goods. |
| Cooperation | the combination of persons for purpose of production, purchase or distribution for their joint benefit. |
| EU | European Union |
| NATO | National Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| Nuclear Weapon | weapon whose distructive power comes from a nuclear reaction |
| Satellite Nation | nation politically and economically controlled by another more powerful nation |
| Strike | refusal to work usually by labor organization until demands are met |
| Textiles | woven cloth |
| Turmoil | a state of great commotion, confusion, or disturbance |
| Union | labor organization that negotiates for improved worker conditions and pay |
| USSR | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |