Vocabulary Vor-Abi

• 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).