Nixa: AP World History - Unit 9 Vocab

Green Revolution

Agricultural revolution that increased production through improved seeds, fertilizers, and irrigation; helped to support rising Asian populations.

Antibiotics

Drugs that block the growth and reproduction of bacteria

Birth Control

The practice of preventing unwanted pregnancies, typically by use of contraception.

Vaccines

Dose of a disabled or destroyed pathogen used to stimulate a long-term immune defense against the pathogen. A weakened form of the virus is given to the person so their immune system can build up immunity to the virus.

Malaria

A disease caused by mosquitoes implanting parasites in the blood.

Tuberculosis

An infectious disease that may affect almost all tissues of the body, especially the lungs

Cholera

An acute intestinal infection caused by ingestion of contaminated water or food

Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin

Discovered polio vaccine

AIDS/HIV

STD through sharing blood and needles. Weakens immune system.

Ebola

A contagious viral disease originating in Africa. It is transmitted by blood and body fluids and causes body organs and vessels to leak blood, usually resulting in death.

Covid-19

A disease caused by SARS-CoV-2 that can trigger what doctors call a respiratory tract infection. It can affect your upper respiratory tract (sinuses, nose, and throat) or lower respiratory tract (windpipe and lungs).

Heart Disease, Heart Transplant, Artificial Heart, Stents, Valve Replacements, Etc.

Science has become far more advanced and people are living longer

Alzheimer's Disease

A progressive disease that destroys memory and other important mental functions.

Deforestation

The removal of trees faster than forests can replace themselves.

Desertification

Degradation of land, especially in semiarid areas, primarily because of human actions like excessive crop planting, animal grazing, and tree cutting.

Urbanization

An increase in the percentage and in the number of people living in urban settlements.

Globalization

Actions or processes that involve the entire world and result in making something worldwide in scope.

Resource Depletion

The act of using resources faster than they can be restored or replaced

Water Scarcity

Not having access to enough clean water supplies

Greenhouse Gases

Gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, water vapor, and ozone in the atmosphere which are involved in the greenhouse effect(Trapping heat near the surface).

Renewable Energy

Energy from a source that is not depleted when used, such as wind or solar power.

Global Warming

An increase in the average temperature of the earth's atmosphere (especially a sustained increase that causes climatic changes)

Paris Agreement

An agreement within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) dealing with greenhouse gas emissions mitigation, adaptation, and finance starting in the year 2020.

Knowledge Economy

A society no longer based primarily on the production of material goods but instead on the production of knowledge

Asian Tigers

Group of new industrial countries comprising Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Singapore.

Protective Tariffs

A tariff designed to shield domestic producers of a good or service from the competition of foreign producers

Liberation Theology

A movement within the Catholic church to understand Christianity from the perspective of the poor and oppressed, with a focus on fighting injustice

Voting Rights Act

Law that banned literacy tests and empowered the federal government to oversee voter registration

Americanization

Belief that assimilating immigrants into American society would make them more loyal citizens

Anime

Japanese style of animation