375223791 | commune | a collective farm on which a great number of people work and live together | 0 | |
375223792 | Third World | during the Cold War, the developing nations not allied with either United States or the Soviet Union | 1 | |
375223793 | nonaligned nations | the independent nations that remained neutral in the Cold War competition between the United States and the Soviet Union | 2 | |
375223794 | partition | a division into parts, like the 1947 division of the British colony of Indian into into nations of India and Pakistan | 3 | |
375223795 | standard of living | the quality of lige of a person or a population, as indicated by the goods, services, and luxuries available to the person or people | 4 | |
375223796 | recession | a slowdown in a nation's economy | 5 | |
375223797 | dissident | an oppenent of a government's policies or actions | 6 | |
375223798 | ethnic cleansing | a policy of murder and other acts of brutality by which the Serbs hoped to eliminate Bosnia's Muslim population after the breakup of Yugoslavia | 7 | |
375223799 | genetic engineering | introduction by scientists of genes into an organism that allow the organism to take on new traits | 8 | |
375223800 | cloning | the creating of plants or animals that are genetically identical to an existing plant or animal | 9 | |
375223801 | global economy | all the finacial interactions- involving people, buisnesses, and governments- that cross international boundries | 10 | |
375223802 | free trade | commerce between nations without economic restrictions or barriers (such as tariffs) | 11 | |
375223803 | proliferation | a growth or a spread- especially the spread of nuclear weapons to nations that do not currently have them | 12 | |
375223804 | fundamentalism | a strict belief in the basic truths and practices of a particular religion | 13 | |
375223805 | materialism | a placing of high value on acquiring material possessions | 14 | |
375223806 | developing nation | a nation in which the process of industrialization is not yet complete | 15 | |
375223807 | terrorism | use of force or threats to frighten people or governments to change their policies | 16 |
1900- Present Vocabulary Pt. 2 Flashcards
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