| A | B |
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| productivity | measurement of the amount of work accomplished in a given time |
| human resources | supply of people who can produce goods |
| textiles | woven cloth |
| cottage industry | home- or village-based industry in which family members supply their own equipment to make goods |
| union | labor organization that negotiates for improved worker conditions and pay |
| strike | refusal to work, usually by a labor organization, until demands are met |
| communism | economic, social and political system based on the teachings of Karl Marx, which advocated the elimination of private property |
| Holocaust | systematic murder of more than 6 million European Jews and 6 million others by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis during World War II |
| genocide | mass murder of a people because of their race, religion, ethnicity, politics, or culture |
| Cold War | period between the late 1940s and the late 1980s when the USA and the Soviet Union competed for world influence without actually fighting each other |
| nuclear weapon | weapon whose destructive power comes from a nuclear reaction |
| deterrence | maintenance of military power for the purpose of discouraging an attack |
| satellite nation | nation politically and economically dominated or controlled by another, more powerful country |
| blockade | to forcibly prevent entry to an area |
| airlift | system of carrying supplies by aircraft |
| euro | common currency adopted by countries in the European Union |
