UNIT 9 AP WORLD VOCAB

Green Revolution

transformation of involving development of high yield seeds, chemical fertilizers, pesticides, & intensive irrigation

Antibiotics

chemical substances derived from fungi or bacteria

Birth Control

hormonal pulls used to prevent pregnancy

Vaccines

immunity to specific diseases

Malaria

life threatening disease when parasites transmit to humans

Tuberculosis

infectious bacterial diseases that affects lungs

Polio

contagious disease that affects children under five that causes paralysis

HIV / AIDS

destroys immune systems that can lead to death from infection

Ebola

disease highlighting global health crisis through bodily fluids

Covid-19

highly contagious illness which emerged late 2019 and was a global pandemic

Effects of Population Growth

intensified urbanization, industrial labor supply, environmental degradation, resource scarcity

Effects of Environmental Changes

how human activities alter ecosystems and natural environmental shifts reshape human societies

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

1948 UN document establishing 30 fundamental inalienable rights-civil, political, economic, social, & cultural

International Court of Justice

principal judicial organ of UN tasked with settling legal disputes between sovereign states & provide advisory opinions to international agencies.

Apartheid

brutal system of legalized racial segregation & discrimination in South Africa implemented by the national party

Nelson Mandela

leader of African National Congress & nations first black president