1900-present vocab Flashcards
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| 66086826 | Commune | a collective farm on which a great number of people work and live together | 0 | |
| 66086827 | Third World | the developing nations not allied with either the US or USSR | 1 | |
| 66086828 | Partition | a division into parts | 2 | |
| 66086829 | Standard of living | the quality of life of a person or a population, as indicated by the goods, services, and luxries | 3 | |
| 66086830 | Recession | a slowdown in a nation's economy | 4 | |
| 66086831 | Dissident | an opponent of a government's policies or actions | 5 | |
| 66086832 | Nonaligned nations | the independent countries that remained neutral in the competition between the US and the USSR | 6 | |
| 66086833 | Ethnic cleansing | a policy of murder and other acts of brutality by which Serbs hoped to eliminate Bosnia's Muslim population | 7 | |
| 66086834 | Genetic engineering | introduction by scientists of genes into an organism that allow the organism to take on new traits | 8 | |
| 66086835 | Cloning | the creating of plants and animals that are genetically identical to an existing plant or animal | 9 | |
| 66086836 | Global economy | all the financial interactions | 10 | |
| 66086837 | Free trade | commerce between nations without economic restrictions | 11 | |
| 66086838 | Proliferation | a growth or spread | 12 | |
| 66086839 | Fundamentalism | a strict belief in the basic truths and practices of a particular religion | 13 | |
| 66086840 | Materialism | a placing of high value on acquiring material possessions | 14 | |
| 66086841 | Developing nation | a nation in which the process of industrialization is not yet complete | 15 | |
| 66086842 | Terrorism | use of force or threats to frighten people | 16 |