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66086826Communea collective farm on which a great number of people work and live together0
66086827Third Worldthe developing nations not allied with either the US or USSR1
66086828Partitiona division into parts2
66086829Standard of livingthe quality of life of a person or a population, as indicated by the goods, services, and luxries3
66086830Recessiona slowdown in a nation's economy4
66086831Dissidentan opponent of a government's policies or actions5
66086832Nonaligned nationsthe independent countries that remained neutral in the competition between the US and the USSR6
66086833Ethnic cleansinga policy of murder and other acts of brutality by which Serbs hoped to eliminate Bosnia's Muslim population7
66086834Genetic engineeringintroduction by scientists of genes into an organism that allow the organism to take on new traits8
66086835Cloningthe creating of plants and animals that are genetically identical to an existing plant or animal9
66086836Global economyall the financial interactions10
66086837Free tradecommerce between nations without economic restrictions11
66086838Proliferationa growth or spread12
66086839Fundamentalisma strict belief in the basic truths and practices of a particular religion13
66086840Materialisma placing of high value on acquiring material possessions14
66086841Developing nationa nation in which the process of industrialization is not yet complete15
66086842Terrorismuse of force or threats to frighten people16

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