Science and Technology Transform Life
Cooperative venture sponsored by the United States, Russia, and 14 other nations to establish and maintain a working laboratory for scientific experimentation in space ...
Answer: International Space Station.
A nation with all the facilities needed for the advanced production of manufactured goods ...
Answer: developed nation.
A person who leaves his or her country to move to another country to find safety ...
Answer: refugees.
The use of force or threats to frighten people or governments to change their policies ...
Answer: terrorism.
The process by which habitable land changes into desert ...
Answer: desertification.
A linkage of computer networks that enabled people around the world to exchange information and communicate with one another ...
Answer: Internet.
The process of creating economic growth while preserving the environment ...
Answer: sustainable development.
The difference between men and women in terms of wealth and status ...
Answer: gender inequality.
Politically motivated attacks on information systems ...
Answer: cyberterrorism.
The warming of Earth’s surface and lower atmosphere that results from energy being absorbed by certain gases such as carbon dioxide, water vapor, and methane ...
Answer: Greenhouse Effect.
The creation of plants or animals that are genetically identical to an existing plant or animal ...
Answer: cloning.
Total market value of all goods and services produced by a country in a given period of time ...
Answer: gross domestic product (GDP).
The difference of opinion over political issues ...
Answer: political dissent.
2001 Islamist terror attacks in the U.S. ...
Answer: September 11 attacks (or 9/11).
The act of preserving resources ...
Answer: conservation.
A 20th-century attempt to increase food resources worldwide, involving the use of fertilizers and pesticides and the development of disease-resistant crops ...
Answer: green revolution.
Commerce between nations without economic restrictions or barriers (such as tariffs) ...
Answer: free trade.
A 1948 statement in which the United Nations declared that all human beings have rights to life, liberty, and security ...
Answer: Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
U.S. federal agency created in 2002 to coordinate national efforts against terrorism ...
Answer: Department of Homeland Security.
1997 international treaty to reduce greenhouse gas emissions ...
Answer: Kyoto Protocol.
A powerful telescope put into orbit around the earth by NASA and the European Space Agency in 1990 ...
Answer: Hubble Space Telescope.
The spread of economic and cultural influences around the world ...
Answer: globalization.
A growth or spread – especially the spread of nuclear weapons to nations that do not currently have them ...
Answer: proliferation.
An antiterrorism bill of 2001 that strengthened governmental rights to detain foreigners suspected of terrorism and prosecute terrorist crimes ...
Answer: USA Patriot Act.
2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico ...
Answer: Deepwater Horizon oil spill.