A | B |
productivity | measure of work over time |
human resources | people hired to work machines |
textiles | woven cloth |
cottage industry | family industry that works from home |
union | organizations that bargain for better working conditions |
strike | refuse to work until demands are met |
imperialism | building empires for military and trade advantages |
alliance | agreement between countries to support each other in case of disputes or war |
Holocaust | WWII murder of 12 million people by the Nazis |
genocide | mass murder of people because of their race, religion, ethnicity, politics, or culture |
Industrial Revolution | 1700s people started using machines to do work |
Great War | World War I |
Nazis | National Socialist German Worker's party, believers of a superior race |
Axis Powers | Germany, Italy, and Japan |
Allied Powers | Britain, France, China, later Russia, USA |
communism | system based on Karl Marx's teachings, no private property |