Across
- 3. new kind of economy that creates, distributes, and uses knowledge and information
- 6. a revolution that brought possible long-term response to hunger, where scientists developed new varieties or wheat, rice, and other grains that had higher yields and greater resistance to pests, diseases, and drought
- 9. the manipulating of a cell or organism to change its basic characteristics
- 10. breeding two varieties of a plant to create a hybrid
- 12. can stop HIV from weakening the immune system, allowing patients with HIV to live with HIV for many years
- 13. one of the first major discoveries against heart disease, first performed by Christiaan Barnard
- 14. an increase in the average temperature of the world
- 16. a corporation that is legally incorporated in one country but makes or sell goods or services in one or more other countries
- 18. epidemic diseases that spread across national borders
- 19. brought news, music, and cultural events to a wide range of people
- 23. source of energy including coal,oil, petroleum, and natural gas
- 24. taxes on foreign imports; by lowering these, international trade and economic prosperity was promoted
- 25. large stanard-sized units that could be carried on a truck or train or stacked on ship, which promoted the widespread movement of people and goods
- 26. a disease caused by water contaminated by a virus transmitted in fecal matter, and can result in paralysis or sometimes death
- 27. economic systems based on supply and demand, with a little government control as possible, wanted by Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher
- 28. also known as WTO, made rules that governed more that 90 percent of international trade, but became controversial because of how much power it held
Down
- 1. energy derived from resources that are continuously replenished, such as wind, solar, tidal, and geothermal power
- 2. a disease that typically doesn't develop until later in life, arose following better healthcare which led to longer lifespans, associated with lifestyle, genetics, and increased longevity
- 4. a groundbreaking medical advance that led to declining fertility rates and helped reshape gender roles
- 5. also known as HIV, it weakens the immune system so that people more easily succumb to other illnesses
- 7. a bacterial disease that spreads through contaminated water and affects mainly poor people in developing countries
- 8. gases that build up in the atmosphere and let the heat of the sun heat Earth but trap it from escaping Earth, such as carbon dioxide
- 11. form of dementia that mostly affects elderly and some middle-aged people, that causes patients with the disease to progressively lose their memory, eventually coming to a stage where they cannot even recognize their close loved ones
- 15. disease that plagued the ancient Egyptians and devastated the native population of the Americas and Australia
- 17. movement to protect wilderness areas from urban growth, and has planted over 51 million trees in Kenya
- 20. removal of natural vegetation cover through expansion and intensive use of agricultural lands in arid and semi-arid lands
- 21. deadly disease caused by a virus that infects the African fruit bat, humans, and other primates, and is transmitted through exposure to fluids of infected people or animals
- 22. loss of Earth's trees as a result of human activity of cutting down trees in order to create more open land for agriculture