| A | B |
|---|
| measurement of the amount of work accomplished in a given time | productivity |
| supply of people who can produce goods | human resources |
| woven cloth | textiles |
| home- or village-based industry in which family members supply their own equipment to make goods | cottage industry |
| labor organization that negotiates for improved worker conditions and pay | union |
| refusal to work, usually by a labor organization, until demands are met | strike |
| system of building foreign empires for military and trade advantages | imperialism |
| economic, social, and political system based on the teachings of Karl Marx, which advocated the elimination of private property | communism |
| systemic murder of more than 6 million European Jews and 6 million others by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis during World War II | Holocaust |
| mass murder of a people because of their race, religion, ethnicity, politics, or culture | genocide |
| period between the late 1940s and late 1980s when the US and the Soviet Union competed for world influence without actually fighting each other | Cold War |
| weapon whose destructive power comes from a nuclear reaction | nuclear weapon |
| maintenance of military power for the purpose of discouraging an attack | deterrence |
| nation politically and economically dominated or controlled by another, more powerful country | satellite nation |
| to forcibly prevent entry to an area | blockade |
| system of carrying supplies by aircraft | airlift |
| common currency adopted by countries in the European Union | euro |
