Europe Vocabulary Terms

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term derived from Greek, meaning “love of wisdom”.

conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union dating from the late 1940s to the late 1980s, when the two super powers competed for world influence without declared military action at each other

mass murder of a people because of their race, religion, ethnicity, politics, or culture

government in which a king or queen is the official head of state, but elected officials run the government

trade alliance among many European countries, formerly called the Common Market

economic system that allows private ownership and open competition of businesses

economic, social, and political system based in the teaching of Karl Marx, which advocated the elimination of private property

a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism