| A | B |
|---|
| overpopulation | when there aren't enough resources to feed people |
| overcrowded | high population density |
| interdependent | Saudi Arabia sells oil to the US, and the US sells fighter aircraft to Saudi Arabia |
| global village | all nations of the world working together as one |
| hunger and famine | it occurs when people can't grow enough food |
| malnutrition | the beginning of starvation [people dieing due to lack of food] |
| Green Revolution | using science and technology to grow more food |
| terrorism | a group, IRA, PLO, or Islamic Jihad using violence to achieve political goals |
| greenhouse effect | worldwide warming trend due to pollution eating the atmosphere |
| global warming | temperatures rise each year causing polar ice caps to melt |
| Chernobyl | a nuclear disaster occurred there in 1986 |
| deforestation | cutting away at the rainforest for farmland & the timber - cuts oxygen supply |
| desertification | when a desert [Sahara] continues to expand taking farmland |
| dichotomy | 2 opposing viewpoints/situations |
| partriachal | when the eldest male has the final say in matters |
| migration | people moving from 1 place to another |
| refugee | someone forced to flee their country perhaps due to war or drought |
| drought | lack of water - a problem in Somalia, Kenya, and Afghanistan |
| modernization | using the latest technology |
| Computer Revolution | computers performing tasks which men/women use to perform/do |
| automation | machines |
| AIDS | a disease, killing many people in Africa, caused by used needles & unsafe sex |
| satellites | machines in space used for communication on earth |
| space race | it was part of the Cold War - to put things UP/OUT THERE |
| Sputnik I | the first satellite in space - launched by the Soviet Union |
| Internet | a form of communication - increases cultural diffusion |
| urbanization | people moving to cities for jobs - BUT can create slums |
| reforestation | planting trees to restore the rainforest |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| World Bank | a place where nations can get loans |
| WHO [World Health Organization] | it monitors diseases in the world |
| per capita | how much $, Yen, Sterling Pounds, Francs, Pesos a country makes |
| cultural diffusion | taking from 1 culture and adapting it to another |
| technology | tools and ways of doing things |
