| A | B |
| Radical | Extreme |
| Red Guards | groups of students who carried out Mao Zedongs policies during the cultural revolution |
| free enterprise system | an economic system in which peope can choose their own jobs, start 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 support 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 ceasefire agreement |
| diversify | to add variety to |
| famine | huge food shortage |