Question | Answer |
Define Quality of Life | Conditions in people's lives |
Define Disparity | Economic and social gaps among individuals, communities, or countries |
Define Gross Domestic Product (GDP) | Total value of goods and services produced in a country in a calendar year |
Define Human Development Index (HDI) | United Nations measure of a countries level based on GDP capita, life expectancy at birth, adult literacy, and school enrollment |
Define United Nations | Plays a leading role in promoting human rights internationally |
Define The Universal Declaration of Human Rights | Basis of United Nations policy which states human rights to which every person on the globe is equally entitled |
What is the Convention on the Rights of the Child | A document which recognizes children under 18 years of age |
Define Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) | An organization where the government doesn't own it |
Define Employment Equality | Equal pay for equal work |
Define Standard of Living | One aspect of quality of life |
Define Transnationals | A company that works in multiple countries |
Define Internationalism | The policy of countries working together for the common good regardless race, religion, etc |
What is the Convention on the Rights of the Child | A document which recognizes children under 18 years of age |
Define Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) | An organization where the government doesn't own it |
Define Employment Equality | Equal pay for equal work |
Define Standard of Living | One aspect of quality of life |
Define Transnationals | A company that works in multiple countries |
Define Internationalism | The policy of countries working together for the common good regardless race, religion, etc |
Define Green Revolution | A new era in global agriculture |
Define Genetic Modification (GM) | Allows genes from one species to be introduced into another to produce a hardier and higher yielding strain |
Define Pandemic | A spread of an infectious disease that creates a worldwide epidemic |
What is the Avian Flu known as? | The Bird Flu |
Define World Health Organization (WHO) | A specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health |
What did the World Health Organization (WHO) cite? | SARS epidemic |
Define Public Trust | An essential, life supporting resource for the benefit of everyone that should not be exploited for profit |
Define Privatize | To enable the sale of government-owned industries and services to private businesses |
Define Infrastructure | Systems such as electrical power, transportation, and communication that support economic activity |
Define Dissenting | One that differs from the opinion of the majority |