Unit 21 Vocab Flashcards
Telescope that NASA and ESA sent into space to study things around the earth in 1990
Hubble Space Telescope
The voluntary linkage of computer networks around the world
The Internet
Putting genes into an organism to give that organism be able to traits
Genetic engineering
The creation of identical copies of DNA
Cloning
Th attempt was o increase available food sources worldwide
The green revolution
Nations with the industrialization transportation and business facilities for advanced production of manufactured goods
Developed nations
Those in the process of becoming industrialized
Developing nations
Th financial interactions among people businesses and governments that cross international borders
Global economy
Companies that operate in a number of different countries
Multinational corporations
The elimination of trade barriers such as tariffs among nations
Free trade
The war in iraq that the United Nations set off when an international economic embargo failed to change Iraq’s behavior
Gulf war
The main protection against the suns damaging ultraviolet rays
The ozone layer
Meeting current economic needs while ensuring the preservation of the environment and the conservation of resources for future generations
Sustainable development
The pledge to help prevent the spread of nuclear weapons to other nations
Nuclear non proliferation treaty
The use of force or threats to frighten people or governments to change policies
Terrorism
A strict belief in the basic truths and practice or a particular faith
Fundamentalism
The document that stated all the rights the people should have throughout the world that was published in 1948
Universal declaration to human rights
Movement in the United States by African Americans to fight for their guaranteed rights listed in the Constiuition
Civil rights movement
Music sports movies clothing food hobbies or leisure activities
Popular Culture
The western mindset of placing a high value on acquiring material possessions
Materialism
The level of acceptance of ideas from another culture
Accommodation
