study of ethical, social, and legal issues that arise in biomedicine and biomedical research.

political party in India that dominated the Indian movement for independence from Great Britain.

a group that advocates for and uses coercion or violence, or the threat of it, in order to pursue their religious aims.

works to achieve sustainable growth and prosperity for all of its 190 member countries. It does so by supporting economic policies that promote financial stability and monetary cooperation, which are essential to increase productivity, job creation, and economic well-being.

president of Egypt, nationalized the Suez Canal, thus ending British and French control of the vital waterway linking the Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea. He established a relationship with the Soviet Union to counter U.S. support for Israel.

political and economic union of 27 member states that are located primarily in Europe.

African statesman and nationalist, the first prime minister (1963–64) and then the first president (1964–78) of independent Kenya.

After WWI, those territories in the Middle East belonging to imperial Germany and the Ottoman Empire that were considered unable to function as independent states were placed under international administration supervised by the League of Nations. The terms of the system implied an acknowledgment of the right of the peoples of the colonial territories belonging to states defeated in war to be granted independence if they were thought to have reached a sufficiently advanced stage of development.

the prime minister that led Israel to victory in the Yom Kippur War.

a sovereign state with a lesser developed industrial base and a lower Human Development Index relative to other countries.

The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health. Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, it has six regional offices and 150 field offices worldwide. The WHO was established on 7 April 1948.

a violent terrorist and founder of al Qaeda who killed thousands of innocent men, women, and children before his death in 2011.

built under Nasser’s rule to control the flow of the Nile River.

a person with temporary permission to work in another country.

a close associate of Gandhi, became India’s first prime minister. He worked to strengthen the Indian economy by supporting western-style industrialization.

a process that uses laboratory-based technologies to alter the DNA makeup of an organism.

people who flee their country because of war, persecution, or poverty. Have become an issue in international conflicts.

intergovernmental organization that regulates and facilitates international trade. Governments use the organization to establish, revise, and enforce the rules that govern international trade.

enacted in 1994 and created a free trade zone for Mexico, Canada, and the United States.

the process by which a country determines its own statehood and forms its own allegiances and government.the process by which a country determines its own statehood and forms its own allegiances and government.

the unlawful use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political aims.

were four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out by the militant Islamic extremist network al-Qaeda against the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001

a democratic nation, developed after independence. The world’s largest democratic nation.

South African anti-apartheid activist who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election.

led the nationalist movement in India, teaching passive resistance and civil disobedience (the refusal to obey unjust laws). Gandhi believed nonviolence, not bloodshed, was the way to win rights.