Chapter 20 Flashcards
1990, US, NASA, ESA worked together to make and launch this
Hubble Space Telescope ✅
Voluntary linkage of computer networks around the world
Internet ✅
Transferring of genes from in living thing to another in order to produce an organism with new traits
Genetic engineering
Creation of identical copies of DNA
Cloning ✅
Attempt to in erase available food sources worldwide
Green revolution
Nations with the industrialization, transportation, and business facilities for advanced production of manufactured goods
Developed nations
Nations in the process of becoming industrialized
Developing nations
Includes all the financial interactions among people, businesses, and governments that cross international borders
Global economy
Companies that operate in a number of different countries AKA (transnational corporations)
Multinational Corporations ✅
The elimination of trade barriers such as tariffs among nations
Free trade ✅
1991 conflict in which the UN forces defeated Iraqi forces that had invaded Kuwait and threatened to invade Saudi Arabia
Gulf War ✅
Our main projection against the suns damaging ultraviolet rays
Ozone layer ✅
Involves two goals: meeting current economic needs, while ensuring the preservation of the environment and the conservation of resources for future generations
Sustainable development
Pact where nations both with and without nuclear power pledged to prevent the spread of weapons to other nations
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Spread of nuclear weapons
Proliferation
The use of force or threats to frighten people or governments to change policies
Terrorism ✅
Strict belief in the basic truths and practice of a particular faith
Fundamentalism ✅
1948, to set human rights standards for all nations, the UN drew up and ratified this
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Grassroots effort by African Americans to fight discrimination and to make sure all citizens received their rights guaranteed by the constitution
Civil rights movement
Involves music, sports, movies, Clothing fashion, foods, hobbies, and leisure activities
Popular culture
The western mindset of placing a high value on acquiring material possession
Materialism
Level of acceptance of ideas from another culture
Accommodation ✅
In what way have science and technology changes the lives of people today? ✅
Science has developed safer medical procedures that allow surgeons to operate on sensitive areas, and create advances in medical imaging. The computer and the internet were invented, and allowed people to expand knowledge and communication.
What was the goal of the green revolution?✅
attempt to increase available food sources worldwide with the promotion of fertilizers, pesticides, and high-yield, disease-resistant strains of a variety of crops.