| A | B |
|---|
| nonaligned | nations who chose not to ally themselves with either side in the Cold War |
| interdependence | when countries depend on each other for goods, resources and knowledge |
| terrorism | deliberate use of sporadic violence for revenge or political goals |
| General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) | tried to establish fair trade practices |
| Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty(NPT) | treaty agreeing to halt the spread of nuclear weapons |
| International Monetary Fund (IMF) | makes loans to developing nations |
| Universal Declaration of Human Rights | agreement signed by UN members in 1948 saying that all human beings have equal rights |
| Helsinki Agreement | guarantees basic international rights for all people, signed by 35 nations in 1975 |
| United Nations (UN) | a forum for settling international disputes |
| multinational corporation | company with branches in several countries |
| privatization | selling off government-owned entities to private investors |
| acid rain | pollution that falls as precipitation |
| OPEC | organization of Middle Eastern oil producers |
| Chernobyl | a Soviet Union nucear reactor where an accident in 1986 spread radiation to people and things around it |
| Earth Summit | UN-sponsored conference on the environment that met in Brazil in 1992 |
| liberation theology | movement of Latin American Catholics to more actively fight social conditions leading to poverty |
| Sputnik | satellite launched into orbit by Soviets in October 1957, starting the Space Age |
| Global North | industrialized nations of Western Europe, North America, Japan, and Australia |
| Global South | developing nations of Asia, Africa, and Latin America |
| World Health Organization (WHO) | works on international health issues |
