UNIT 9 vocab and mkp Flashcards
Apartheid
A policy of racial segregation as well as political economic discrimination against non-European groups in the Republic of South Africa.
Refugee
A person who flees to a foreign country or power to escape danger or political persecution.
Recession
A slowdown in a nation’s economy
Dissident
An opponent of a government’s politics or actions.
Ethnic cleaning specific example?
When the Serbs wanted to get rid of Bosnia’s Muslim population.
Genetic engineering
Introduction by scientists of genes into an organism that allow the organism to take on new traits.
Cloning
The creating of plants or animals that are genetically identical to an existing plant or animal
Green Revolution
the great increase in production due to introduction of high-yielding varieties to the use of pesticides and to better management techniques in post-WWII developing nations.
Fundamentalism
A strict belief in basic truths and practices of a particular religion
Materialism
A placing of high value on acquiring material possessions.
Developing nation
A nation in the process of industrialization and/or incomplete modernization
Consumerism
The theory that an increasing consumption of goods is economically desirable and a preoccupation with and an inclination toward the buying of consumer goods
Terrorism
Use of force to frighten people or governments to change their policies
Junta
A military or political group that rules a country after taking power by force.
Nelson Mandela
helped dismantle apartheid in South Africa and was later elected the first black South African in the country’s first election with universal adult suffrage
