Ch 11 Terms To Know Word Scramble
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Airlift | System of carrying supplies by aircraft |
Blockade | To forcibly prevent entry to an area |
Cold War | Period between the late 1940s and late 1980s when the US 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 Max, which advocated the elimination of private property. |
Cooperation | The process of working together to the same end. |
Cottage Industry | Home or village based industry in which family members supply their own equipment to make goods. |
Deterrence | Maintenance of military power for the purpose of discouraging an attack. |
EU | European Union Economic alliance of European nations |
Euro | Commonly currency adopted by countries in the European Union |
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 millions others by Adolf Hitler and the Nazi's during WWII |
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 on another for goods, raw materials to make goods, and markets in which to sell goods |
NATO | International military alliance created to defend Western Europe against a possible soviet invasion |
Nuclear Weapon | Weapon whose destructive power comes from a nuclear reaction |
Productivity | Measurement of the amount of work accomplished in a given time |
Satellite Nation | Nation politically and economically dominated or controlled by another, more powerful country |
Strike | Refusal to work, usually by a labor organization, until demands are met |
Textiles | Woven clothes |
Turmoil | A condition of extreme confusion |
Union | Labor organization that negotiates for improved worker conditions and pay |
USSR | Union Of Soviet Union |
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