Science and Technology
project involving 16 nations to build a huge laboratory
in space
What is the International Space Station?
industrialized nation with advanced manufacturing production
developed nation
people who leave their country and move to another to find safety
refugees
use of violence against people or property to force changes in societies or governments
terrorism
process of land becoming desert
desertification
worldwide computer network
What is the internet?
nation that is still developing industry
emerging nation
alliance to increase security through political and economic unity
supranational union
attacks on information systems for political reasons
cyberterrorism
term describing global warming, the warming of Earth’s surface
greenhouse effect
use of genes to develop new products and cures
What is genetic engineering?
GDP; a measure of the health of a country’s economy
gross domestic product
spread
proliferation
department of the U.S. government that organizes the fight against terrorism in the United States
Department of Homeland Security
protection of natural resources
conservation
process of creating identical copies of DNA for research and other purposes
What is cloning?
spread of economic and cultural influences around the world
globalization
agreement without penalty for not meeting
the terms of it
nonbinding agreement
antiterrorism law that allows the government certain rights to help chase and capture terrorists
USA PATRIOT Act
migration pattern is especially high in developing countries.
moving from rural areas to urban areas in large numbers.
attempt to increase food resources worldwide
What is the green revolution?
layer of atmosphere that blocks dangerous rays from the sun
ozone layer
difference of opinion over political issues
political dissent
types of weapons do terrorists use
bombs and bullets, biological and chemical weapons.
work to distribute natural resources equally around the world.
International organizations