| A | B |
| globalization | the linking of nations through trade, information, technologies, and communication |
| interdependence | Multiple countries are dependent on one another for goods or service |
| franchising | A license granted by a company for an individual to make their goods or service in a specific location |
| outsourcing | When a company hires people outside of the US usually because they will work for less money |
| telecommunications | Communicating through sounds and words over a large distance |
| media | Forms of communication that reach large numbers of people |
| domestic | Related to a home country |
| Quality of Life | How satisfied one is with their current life |
| Charles Drew | scientist who discovered a safe way to store the plasma portion of the blood |
| J. Robert Oppenheimer | Study physics and helped with the Manhattan Project |
| Manhattan Project | The code name for the secret operation in 1942 for the US military to create the atomic bomb |
| Frank Lloyd Wright | Famous architect who is most known for New York’s Guggenheim Museum |
| Martha Graham | Ballet dancer and composer |
| Henry Louis Gates | An African American historian who studied at Harvard |
| Maya Angelou | Famous African American writer who overcame a traumatic childhood and thrived by writing about her experience |
| Bill Gates | Creator of the PC and founder of Microsoft |
| Microsoft | Computer company started by Bill Gates |
| Ray Kroc | Known for franchising McDonald’s restaurants across the country |
| Global Pandemics | Epidemic of an infectious disease that has spread across a large area. |