World History: 19. The Modern World, Lessons 7–8

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  1. segregation
    a social system that provides different facilities for minority groups
    Segregation is the separation of races in housing, schools, and other places.
  2. apartheid
    a social policy of racial segregation
    This South African political system of separating races and giving privileges to whites was called apartheid.
  3. stability
    a constant order, especially of society
    While conflict continued, economic development and political stability led to free elections in 1998.
  4. integrate
    open up to members of all races and ethnic groups
    Schools began to integrate the races.
  5. inflation
    a general and progressive increase in prices
    Money had less value because of inflation, or a rise in prices.
  6. free trade
    the exchange of goods without governmental interference
    A key feature of the global economy is a move toward free trade, trade among nations without taxes or tariffs on imports.
  7. import
    commodities bought from a foreign country
    An import is a good or service produced in one country and sold in another.
  8. globalization
    growth to a worldwide scale
    Globalization refers to the increasing links between people and economies around the world.
  9. genetic engineering
    the science of changing the DNA of organisms
    Genetic engineering is the process of altering human or plant DNA.
  10. deforestation
    the removal of trees
    Today, forest clearing, or deforestation, takes place on a large scale.
  11. desertification
    a gradual transformation into arid, uninhabitable land
    Continued droughts lead to the spread of deserts, or desertification.
  12. climate change
    a shift in the world's average weather and temperature
    Climate change refers to long-term trends in weather patterns, including changes in temperature, rainfall, wind patterns, or storm frequency.
  13. interdependent
    mutually reliant
    They showed how interdependent nations have become.
  14. stabilize
    keep from fluctuating or put into an equilibrium
    The World Bank focuses on stabilizing the global economy.
Created on Thu Jul 08 17:18:07 EDT 2021 (updated Fri Jul 09 12:28:28 EDT 2021)

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