| A | B |
| the power to make and carry out laws within a nation's borders | sovereignty |
| pride people feel in their shared history and a loyalty to their nation | nationalism |
| a territory ruled by a more powerful nation | colony |
| the number and kinds of goods and services people can have | standard of living |
| a group of people who share a language, a history and an identity | nation |
| a system under which the central government owns an controls the economic resources | communism |
| the struggle between the U.S. and Soviet Union were there were no armed battles | cold war |
| the threat that one superpower's mility strength migh be used against the other | balance of power |
| lowered trade barriers between Canada, Mexico, and the U.S. | N.A.F.T.A. (North American Free Trade Agreement) |
| a policy of denying its nonwhite citizens political and economic equality | Apartheid |
| members of the military whose job is usually to help settle conflicts and maintain order in a region | Peacekeepers |
| recommendations | resolutions |
| an organization of government departments, agencies, and offices | bureaucracy |