8.2: The Western Democracies and Japan Flashcards
suburbanization
places where people could live in single-family houses with lawns and access to good schools
interdependence
mutual dependence of countries on goods, resources, and knowledge from other parts of the world
recession
economic downturn
segregation
forced separation
discrimination
unequal treatment and barriers
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
a gifted preacher and a leader of the Civil Rights Movement
Konrad Adenauer
a strong-minded chancellor who led West Germans as they rebuilt cities, factories, and trade
welfare state
where a government keeps most features of a capitalist economy but takes responsibility for the social and economic needs of its people
Margaret Thatcher
won power set out to roll back the welfare state
European Union
in 1993 was changed from European Community
gross domestic product
the total value of all goods and services produced by a nation in a particular year
