Pandemic
The deadly pandemic caused by the bacterium yersinia pestis which caused millions of people in Europe to die.
What is Black Death?
The process of clearing forests to make room for farms or cities.
What is Deforestation?
This describes the long term warming of earth mainly caused by greenhouse gas emissions.
What is Climate Change?
This organization adopted the universal declaration of human rights in 1948.
What is United Nations?
This international organization was created in 1995 to help regulate trade between nations.
What is World Trade Organization?
The 1918 pandemic that was also known as the great influenza epidemic.
What is Spanish flu?
This South American rainforest has faced major deforestation due to cattle ranching and agriculture.
What is Amazon Rainforest?
This gas released mainly by burning fossil fuels is the biggest contributor to modern global warming.
What is Carbon Dioxide.
The universal declaration of human rights was adopted in this city in France.
What is Paris?
The headquarters of the World Trade Organization is located in this Swiss city.
What is Geneva?
This disease caused multiple global pandemics in the 1800s and is often linked to contaminated water supplies.
What is Cholera?
During the 1800s many forests in this nation were cut down to fuel the industrial revolution.
What is United Kingdom?
This layer of the earths atmosphere helps protect life by absorbing most of the suns harmful ultraviolet radiation and became a major environmental concern in the late 1900s century.
What is The Ozone Layer?
This American first lady played a major role in drafting the universal declaration of human rights.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
The world trade organization replaced this earlier international trade agreement established after world war II.
What is the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade?
In the 6th century this pandemic weakened the Byzantine Empire during the reign of Justinian.
What is Plague of Justinian?
This island nation experienced massive deforestation after settlers arrived around the 13th century.
What is Easter Island?
This time period between the 14th and 19th centuries brought cooler global temperatures and harsh winters to Europe and north America.
What is Little Ice Age?
The universal declaration of human rights was adopted shortly after this global conflict ended in 1945.
What is World War II?
China officially joined the world trade organization in this decade greatly expanding global trade.
What is the 2000s?
The disease that was first identified in the early 1980s that is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus.
What is HIV/Aids?
In the 1900s this southeast Asian country became one of the world’s leading examples of deforestation caused by plantation expansion.
What is Indonesia?
Data from this region has been crucial for reconstructing earths past climate over thousands of years revealing cycles of warming and ice ages.
What is Antarctica?
Article 19 of the universal declaration of human rights protects this fundamental freedom involving opinions and expression.
What is Freedom of Speech?
This system used by the world trade organization allows countries to formally challenge trade practices they believe violate international agreements.
What is The Dispute Settlement System?