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100
style of art composed of lines, colors, and shapes
What is abstract?
100
lightning war
What is blitzkrieg?
100
person who cooperates with the enemy
What is a collaborator?
100
gap between what a government spends and what it takes in through taxes and other sources
What is a deficit?
100
business and trade conducted over the Internet
What is e-commerce?
200
form of pollution in which toxic chemicals in the air come back to earth as rain, snow or hail
What is acid rain?
200
military dictator in Latin America
What is a caudillo?
200
large farm owned an operated by peasants as a group
What is a collective?
200
process of converting salty sea water into fresh water
What is desalinization?
200
economic relationship in which a less developed nation exports raw materials to the developed nation and imports manufactured goods
What is economic dependence?
300
Hindu belief in nonviolence and a reverence for all life
What is Ahimsa?
300
refusal to obey unjust laws
What is civil disobedience?
300
Communist party official assigned to the army to teach party principles and ensure party loyalty
What is a commissar?
300
easing of tensions between the US and the Soviet Union in the 1970s
What is detente?
300
Mexican peasant cooperative
What is an ejido?
400
policy of strict racial separation in South Africa
What is apartheid?
400
effort in the 1950s and 60s to end discrimination and ensure equal rights for all Americans
What is civil rights?
400
community in which property is held in common
What is a commune?
400
reduction of armed forces and weapons
What is disarmament?
400
one who raises an alarm about threats to the planet's fragile environment
What is an environmentalist?
500
policy of giving in to an aggressor's demands in order to keep the peace
What is appeasement?
500
a temporary alliance of various political parties
What is a coalition?
500
detention center for civilians who are considered enemies of the state
What is a concentration camp?
500
someone who speaks out against the government
What is a dissident?
500
common currency used by member nations of the European Union
What is the euro?