Key Terms:

Meaning:

Biodiversity:
the variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.
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Biotechnology:
the exploitation of biological processes for industrial and other purposes, especially the
genetic manipulation of microorganisms for the production of antibiotics, hormones, etc
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Deport:
expel (a foreigner) from a country, typically on the grounds of illegal status or for having
committed a crime.
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Geneva Convention:
one of a series of agreements concerning the treatment of prisoners of war and
of the sick, wounded, and dead in battle first made at Geneva, Switzerland in 1864
and subsequently accepted in later revisions by most nations.
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Intellectual property:
a work or invention that is the result of creativity, such as a manuscript or a design, to
which one has rights and for which one may apply for a patent, copyright, trademark,
etc.

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Maquiladora:
a factory in Mexico run by a foreign company and exporting its products to the country
of that company.
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Prisoner of conscience:
a person who has been imprisoned for holding political or religious views that are not
tolerated by their own government.
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Reconciliation:
the restoration of friendly relations.
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Refugee:
a person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war,
persecution, or natural disaster.
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Tariff:
a tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports
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Peacekeeping:
the active maintenance of a truce between nations or communities, especially by an
international military force.

Peacemaking:
a person, group, or nation that tries to make peace, especially by
reconciling parties who disagree, quarrel, or fight.
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Peace Enforcement:
the use of military force to compel peace in a conflict, generally against the will
of those combatants. To do this, it generally requires more military force than
peacekeeping operations.
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Non governmental Organization:

a not-for-profit organization that is independent from states and international
governmental organizations. They are usually funded by donations but some
avoid formal funding altogether and are run primarily by volunteers.
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Global Village:
the world considered as a single community linked by telecommunications
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