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Nr paynes ch 11 vocab

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Airlift   system of carrying supplies by aircraft.  
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Blockade   to forcibly prevent entry to an area.  
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Coldwar   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.  
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Communism   economic,social,and political system based on the teachings of Karl Marx which advocated the elimination of private property.  
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Cooperation   the act of cooperating,or of operating together to one end,joint operation,concurrent effort or labor  
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cottage industry   home-or village-based industry in which family members supply their own equipment to make goods  
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Deterrence   maintenance of military power for the purpose of discouraging an attack  
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EU   the largest free trade organization  
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Euro   common currency adopted by countries in the European union  
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Genocide   mass murder of a people because of their race,religion,ethnicity,politics, or culture  
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Holocaust   systematic murder of more than 6 million European jews and 6 million others by Adolph Hitler and the Nazis during world war 2  
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Human Resources   supply of people who can produce goods  
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Imperialism   system of building foreign empires for military and trade advanteges  
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Interdependence   dependence of countries on one another for goods, raw materials to make goods, and markets in which to sell goods.  
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NATO   formed to respond to possible attacks by the soviet union  
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Nuclear weapon   weapon whose destructive power comes from a nuclear reaction  
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Productivity   measurement of the amount of work accomplished in a given time  
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Satellite Nation   nation politically and economically dominated or controlled by another,more powerful country  
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Strike   refusal to work, usually by a labor organization, until demands are met  
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Textiles   woven cloth.  
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Turmoil   a condition of extreme confusion  
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Union   labor organization that negotiates for improved worker conditions and pay.  
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USSR   Union of soviet socialist republics, or the soviet union  
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