Chapter 34 Terms and Names History Flashcards
Operation Desert Storm
a 1991 military
operation in which UN forces, led by the United States, drove
Iraqi invaders from Kuwait.
Bill Clinton
American politician and 42nd president of the U.S
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Politician served as the 67th U.S Secretary
NAFTA
a 1991 military
operation in which UN forces, led by the United States, drove
Iraqi invaders from Kuwait.
AL Gore
American politician, 45h president
George W. Bush
43d President of the U.S, Republican Party
Service Sector
the part of the economy that provides consumers with services rather than goods
Bill Gates
an American business magnate co-founder of Microsoft
Dotcom
a business related to or conducted on the Internet.
NASDAQ
the National Association of Securities
Dealers Automated Quotation System—a stock exchange for
over-the-counter sales, comprised largely of technology
companies.
Downsize
v. to dismiss numbers of permanent employees
in an attempt to make operations more efficient and save money.
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
an
international agreement first signed in 1947. In 1994, the U.S.
and other countries adopted a new version of GATT. This treaty
lowered trade barriers, such as tariffs, and created the World
Trade Organization, which resolves trade disputes.
Internet
a worldwide network, originally developed
by the U.S. Department of Defense, that links computers and
allows almost immediate communication of texts, pictures, and
sounds.
Genetic Engineering
a process that uses lab based tech to alter DNA
Telecommunications Act of 1996
a law enacted in 1996 to remove barriers that had
previously prevented communications companies from engaging
in more than one type of communications business.
