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Geography Ch 5 vocab
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Geography
7th Grade
01/30/2012

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measure of how much work can be done in a certain length of time
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productivity
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supply of people who could run the machines
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human resources
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woven cloth
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textiles
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where family members supplied thir won equipment to make goods
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cottage industry
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spoke for all the workers in a factory or industry and bargained for better working conditions, higher pay, and shorter work days
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union
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refusing to work until your demands are met
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strike
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European countries claimed countries in Africa and Asia
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imperialism
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economic, social, and political system based on the teachings of Karl Marx, which advocated the elimination of private property
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communism
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Germans (Nazis) killed 12 million people, 6 million were Jews
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holocaust
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mass murder of people because of race, religion, ethnicity, polotics, or culture
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genocide
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global cometition between the democratic US and its allies and the Communist Soviet Union and its supporters
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cold war
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wapon whose destructive power comes from a nuclear reaction
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nuclear weapons
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maintenance of military power for the purpose of discoraging an attack
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deterrence
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dependent upon a stronger power
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satellite nations
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closed off
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blockaded
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system of carrying supplies into Wst Berlin by airplane
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airlift
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to replace their national currency
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euro
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