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  • transgenic microbes are single-celled organisms that have been genetically modified to produce a desired product (insulin -> diabetes, facilitate crop growth …)
  • transgenic animals are used in order to elevate productivity and improve the quality of meat and milk
  • transgenic plants are plants that have been genetically modified to benefit humans
  • GMO is an acronym for Genetically Modified Organism
  • Types of globalisation: Economic Globalisation, Cultural Globalisation, Political Globalisation
  • Fast Fashion is produced in large quantities and is sold at low prices.
    This leads to water pollution, horrible working condition (Rana Plaza)
  • Migration Pull factors: Economic opportunities, better quality of life, better education, better healthcare, better standard of living,
  • Migration Push factors: famine, war, drought, poverty, persecution
  • Net zero is the goal of different countries to reach zero carbon emissions by a certain date
  • Eras of Globalisation:
    1. Globalisation 1.0 (1492 - 1800)
    2. Globalisation 2.0 (1800 - 2000
    3. Globalisation 3.0 (2000 - Today)
  • anthropogenic climate change is the change in climate caused by human activity, such as burning fossil fuels and deforestation
  • to annex - to take over a country by force, especially by military force
  • devolution: the transfer or delegation of power to a lower level, especially by central government to local or regional administration
  • Acquisition: the acquisition of political power
  • Utopia: an imagined place or state of things in which everything is perfect
  • Dystopia: an imagined state or society in which there is great suffering or injustice, typically one that is totalitarian or post-apocalyptic
  • Speculative Fiction: science fiction, fantasy, dystopia and utopia
  • Mae = seal
    Ty = Seahorse
    Bailey = octopus
    Stanton = Shark
  • Sonnet: a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line.
  • Wheel of fortune - A wheel with a series of spokes, used to represent the stages of a person's life.
  • The Great Chain of Being: An ancient philosophical concept which suggests that all living things are arranged on a ladder-like scale, with humans occupying an important position between animals and angels.
  • Humourism: The belief that health problems were caused by imbalances in bodily fluids (humors).