| A | B |
| radical | extreme |
| Red Guards | group of students who carried out Mao Zedong's policies during the Cultural Revolution |
| free enterprise system | an economic system in which people choose their own jobs, start private businesses, own property, and make a profit |
| gross domestic product | the total value of all goods and services produced in an economy |
| subsidy | money given by a government to assist a private company |
| recession | a period during which an economy and the businesses that supported it shrink, or make less money |
| birthrate | the number of live births each year per 1000 people |
| labor | the work people do for which they are paid |
| demilitarized zone | an area in which no weapons are allowed |
| truce | a cease-fire agreement |
| diversity | to add variety to |
| famine | a huge food shortage |