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Quarter 2, Set 1
BGMPS Grade 6
15
History
6th Grade
01/14/2013

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Term
Cottage Industry
Definition
Home- or village-based industry in which family members supply their own equipment to make goods
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Imperialism
Definition
System of building foreign empires for military and trade advantages
Term
Human Resources
Definition
Supply of people who can work/produce goods
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Productivity
Definition
Measurement of the amount of work accomplished in a given time
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Textiles
Definition
Woven Cloth
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Union
Definition
Labor organization that negotiates for improved worker conditions and pay
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Strike
Definition
Refusal to work, usually by a labor organization, until demands are met
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Communism
Definition
Economic, social, and political system that advocated the elimination of public property
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Cold War
Definition
period from 1940s-1980s when the US and the Soviet Union competed for world influence without actually fighting each other
Term
Deterrence
Definition
Maintenance of military power for the purpose of discouraging an attack
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Euro
Definition
Common currency adopted by countries in the European Union
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Blockade
Definition
To forcibly prevent entry to an area
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Satellite Nations
Definition
Nation politically and economically dominated or controlled by another, more powerful country
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Genocide
Definition
Mass murder of a people because of their race, religion, ethnicity, politics, or culture
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Holocaust
Definition
Systematic murder of millions of European Jews and others by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis during WWII
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