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18 Cards in this Set
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Détene |
Easing of tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union |
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Welfare State |
System in which the government takes responsibility for its citizens' social and economic needs |
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Deficit |
Gap between what a government spends and what it takes in through taxes and other sources |
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Perestroika |
Restructuring of the Soviet government and economy in the 1980s |
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Collectivization |
Pooling of land and labor in an attempt to increase efficiency |
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Commune |
Community in which property is held in common, living quarters are shared, and physical needs are provided in exchange for work at assigned jobs |
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Embargo |
Ban on trade (between countries) |
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Partition |
Divide |
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Kibbutzim |
Collective farm in Israel |
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Hejab |
Traditional form of dress worn by Muslim women |
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Ayatollah |
Title given to a learned Shiite Muslim legal expert |
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Intifada |
Mass uprising mounted by Palestinians in territory held by Israel |
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Mixed Economy |
Economic system with both private and state-run enterprises |
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Ujamaa |
A Swahili word that means "familyhood" or "mutual cooperation". (Pertains to social structure of not only family, but of a whole town or state. |
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Apartheid |
Policy of strict racial separation in South Africa; abolished in 1989 |
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Maquiladora |
Foreign-owned industrial plant in Mexico in which local workers assemble imported parts into finished goods. |
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Favela |
Brazilian slum |
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Plèbiscite |
Ballot in which voters have a direct say on an issue. |
