Key Terms:

Meaning:

Biodiversity - The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

Biotechnology - The exploitation of biological processes for industrial and other

purposes, especially the genetic manipulation of microorganisms for the production of

antibiotics, hormones, etc.

Deport - Expel (a foreigner) from a country, typically on the grounds of illegal status or
for having committed a crime.

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
atGeneva, Switzerland in 1864 and subsequently accepted in later revisions by
most nations.
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.

Maquiladora - A factory in Mexico run by a foreign company and exporting its products
to the country of that company.

Prisoner of conscience - A person who has been imprisoned for holding political or
religious views that are not tolerated by their own government.

Reconciliation - The restoration of friendly relations.

Refugee - A person who has been forced to leave their country in order to escape war,
persecution, or natural disaster.

Tariff - A tax or duty to be paid on a particular class of imports or exports.

Peacekeeping - The active maintenance of a truce between nations or communities,
especially by an international military force.

Peacemaking - Peacemaking is practical conflict transformation focused upon

establishing equitable power relationships robust enough to forestall future

conflict, often including the establishment of means of agreeing on ethical

decisions within a community.
Peace Enforcement - Peace enforcement refers to the use of military assets to
enforce a peace against the will of the parties to a conflict when, for instance, a
ceasefire has failed. Peace enforcement often exceeds the capacity of
peacekeeping forces and is thus better executed by more heavily armed forces.
Non governmental Organization (NGO) - A non-governmental organization (NGO)
is 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.
Global Village - The world considered as a single community linked by
telecommunications.