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| Cold War | Period between the late 1940s and late 1980s when the U.S. 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. |
| Productivity | Measurement of the amount of work accomplished in a given time. |
| Human Resources | Suplly 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. |
| Imperialism | System of building foreign empires for military and trade advantages. |
| 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. |
| Euro | Common currency adopted by countries in the European Union. |
