| A | B |
|---|
| productivity | how much ork each worker does |
| summit | a meeting of heads of government |
| standard of living | measure of people's overall wealth and quality of life (minimum necessities) |
| affluence | he state of having much wealth |
| surplus | excess - amount left over |
| domino theory | belify that is one nations in Asia fell to communism - neighbors would fall |
| baby boom | a marked increase int he birthrate-especially after WW 2 |
| materialism | policy of attaching too much importance to physical possessions |
| peaceful coexistence | agreement between opposing countries as they try to avoid war |
| automation | a system that uses machines to replace workers |
| moderate | opposed to major change or extreme political ideas |
| arms race | competition between the US and Soviet Union to build more and more weapons |
| ghetto | part of a city/minority groups live |
| per capita income | average income of each person in a nation |
