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375223791communea collective farm on which a great number of people work and live together0
375223792Third Worldduring the Cold War, the developing nations not allied with either United States or the Soviet Union1
375223793nonaligned nationsthe independent nations that remained neutral in the Cold War competition between the United States and the Soviet Union2
375223794partitiona division into parts, like the 1947 division of the British colony of Indian into into nations of India and Pakistan3
375223795standard of livingthe quality of lige of a person or a population, as indicated by the goods, services, and luxuries available to the person or people4
375223796recessiona slowdown in a nation's economy5
375223797dissidentan oppenent of a government's policies or actions6
375223798ethnic cleansinga policy of murder and other acts of brutality by which the Serbs hoped to eliminate Bosnia's Muslim population after the breakup of Yugoslavia7
375223799genetic engineeringintroduction by scientists of genes into an organism that allow the organism to take on new traits8
375223800cloningthe creating of plants or animals that are genetically identical to an existing plant or animal9
375223801global economyall the finacial interactions- involving people, buisnesses, and governments- that cross international boundries10
375223802free tradecommerce between nations without economic restrictions or barriers (such as tariffs)11
375223803proliferationa growth or a spread- especially the spread of nuclear weapons to nations that do not currently have them12
375223804fundamentalisma strict belief in the basic truths and practices of a particular religion13
375223805materialisma placing of high value on acquiring material possessions14
375223806developing nationa nation in which the process of industrialization is not yet complete15
375223807terrorismuse of force or threats to frighten people or governments to change their policies16

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