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Epidemic |
a widespread occurrence of an infectious disease in a community at a particular time. |
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Pandemic |
prevalent over a whole country or the world |
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The Spanish Flu |
influenza caused by an influenza virus of type A, in particular that of the pandemic that began in 1918. |
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Collective security |
the cooperation of several countries in an alliance to strengthen the security of each |
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Demilitarized zone |
an area in which treaties or agreements between nations, military powers or contending groups forbid military installations, activities or personnel. |
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Reparations |
the making of amends for a wrong one has done, by paying money to or otherwise helping those who have been wronged. |
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Plebiscite |
the direct vote of all the members of an electorate on an important public question such as a change in the constitution. |
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Self determination |
the process by which a country determines its own statehood and forms its own allegiances and government |
