Globalization

3. helped avert famine and increase crop yields in many parts of the world.
6. project sponsored by the United States, Russia, and 14 other nations
9. air, water, and land resources
13. Stated goal: “Help trade flow smoothly, freely, fairly, and predictably”
15. the study of heredity through research on genes
16. Stated goal: “Promote international monetary cooperation; to foster economic growth and high levels of employment; and to provide temporary financial assistance to countries”
18. managing development so that growth can occur, but without
19. trade elimination of trade barriers, such as tariffs, among nations

1. became prime locations for new manufacturing operations.
2. includes all the financial interactions—among people, businesses, and governments—that cross international borders.
3. introducing new genes into an organism to give that organism new traits.
4. The creation of identical copies of DNA, the chemical chains of genes that determine heredity
5. Stated goal: “A world free of poverty”
7. involves some risks, including the accidental creation of disease-causing organisms.
8. is the voluntary linkage of computer networks around the world
10. replaced the bulky vacuum tubes used earlier.
11. is our main protection against the Sun’s damaging ultraviolet rays.
12. the U.S. space agency
14. nations those nations with the industrialization, transportation, and business facilities for advanced production of manufactured goods.
17. Doctors can build three-dimensional images of different organs or regions of the body.