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43 Cards in this Set
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productivity |
measure of how much work can be done in a certain length of time |
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imperialism |
a system in which countries claim colonies for their markets and resources |
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textiles |
woven cloth |
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communism |
political, economic, and social system based on the teachings of Karl Marx |
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Holocaust |
mass of killings of 12 million people by Germany's Nazi leaders during world war ll |
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cold war |
global competition between the democratic U.S. and its allies and the communists Soviet Union |
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E.U |
European Union |
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deterrence |
foreign policy designed to discourage an attack |
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Satellite Nation |
nation dependent |
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airlift |
a system of carrying supplies into an area by airplane |
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genecide |
mass of murder of people because of, race, religion, ethnicity, politics, or culture |
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euro |
common currency used by most members of the E.U. |
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what were reasons for Industrial revolution |
They needed natural resources for machines and cloth |
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what were some inventions that resulted from the Industrial Revolution |
Railroad & steam engine |
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what were good results from industrialization |
money and people could afford more |
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what were bad results of industrialization |
rivalry was formed and working became harder in different ways |
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Industrialization revolution |
when new machinery was invented |
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what was James Watt's contribution to the industrial reolution |
he invented the steam engine |
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Union |
it demanded better working conditions, higher pay, and less working hours |
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Marshall Plan |
when the U.S. gave a loan to help rebuild Europe |
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Truman Doctrine |
offer of the U.S. military aid to Greece & turkey that were fighting communism in 1998 |
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) |
form to respond to possible attacks by the Soviet Union. Each NATO country agreed to treat an attack on any other member as an attack on itself |
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Benelux Trade Union |
Union of Belgium, the Netherlands, & Luxembourg in 1948 for the free movement of money, goods, & people in those countries. |
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Common Market |
A union formed by Benelux countries. West Germany, France & Italy members agreed to free trade and to allow workers from one country to take jobs in any other countries. Denmark, U.K., Ireland, Spain, Portugal, & Greece joined later. |
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E.U. |
Trade alliance that grew out of the common market |
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Warsaw Pact |
Formation of Soviet Union and its satellite countries into an anti-western military alliance |
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why was there a power gap after world war II |
Because much of Europe was in ruins due to the total defeat |
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why was the cold war dangerous |
they had nuclear weapons |
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why was the Soviet union against any plan that would strengthen Germany |
they were against germany |
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what are problems faced by eastern European countries today |
poor economics and tensions among different ethnic groups |
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why did the U.S. set up the Marshall Plan |
to help rebuild Europe and to stop communism |
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Cold war |
war with no physical fighting only verbal. |
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why did NATO countries follow deterence |
its designed to deter or discourage an attack |
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how did west European countries begin to cooperate with each other after world war II |
they formed The Benelux trade Union and European trade union |
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what nations did the soviet Union force to become satellite nations |
Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Bolgeria, Romania, Hungry |
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how was Germany divided after world war II |
into democracy in the East and communism in west |
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how did the soviet Union try to stop people in East Berlin from escaping to west Berlin |
the Berlin Wall |
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who became soviet leader in 1985 |
Mikhail Gorbachev |
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how did the soviet union change in 1991 |
it officially broke up and separated into Russia and other independent countries |
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What were accomplishments of the E.U. |
more economic power;most E.U. members use Euro since 2002;science and technology cooperation |
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what were some challenges of the E.U. |
large gap between rich & poor; food and health care shortage;air, water & land pollution |
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how are Eastern and Western Europe different |
cultural and economic differences |
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what do E.U. members want it to change into |
a U.S. of Europe |
