| A | B |
|---|
| detente | relaxation of the cold war |
| welfare state | government that takes care of people instead of letting families and non-profits take care of them |
| recession | economy not doing well |
| service industry | sells a service, not something you can hold |
| euro | European money |
| chancellor | leader, esp. of Germany |
| coalition | a group working together for a while |
| deficit | gap between money and spending |
| surplus | extra |
| civil rights movement | A movement in the 1950's and 60's to treat all people equally, no matter what color they are |
| segregation | keeping whites and blacks apart |
| separatism | wanting Quebec to be its own country |
| dissident | someone who speaks out against the government |
| glasnost | Russian for openness |
| perestroika | Russian for restructuring |
| default | not to make payments on a loan |
| ethnic cleansing | killing one group or forcing that group to move away |
| war crime | killing civilians, mistreating prisoners of war, or other violations of the international rules of war |
