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is the name given by the World Health Organization (WHO) on February 11, 2020 for the disease caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. It started in Wuhan, China in late 2019 and has since spread worldwide.is an acronym that stands for
covid-19
the belief that people's qualities are influenced by their race and that the members of other races are not as good as the members of your own, or the resulting unfair treatment of members of other races:
racism
a gradual increase in world temperatures caused by gases such as carbon dioxide that are collecting in the air around the earth and stopping heat escaping into space
global warming
the condition of being extremely poor:
poverty
the act of someone coming to live in a different country:
immigration
a person who has escaped from their own country for political, religious, or economic reasons or because of a war:
refugees
the use of children to do work that should be done by adults:
child labour
the ability to read and write:
literacy
the act of attacking ships in order to steal from them:
piracy
the state of being without a home:
homelessness
a situation in which there is not enough food for a great number of people, causing illness and death, or a particular period when this happens:
famine
(threats of) violent action for political purposes:
terrorism
armed fighting between two or more countries or groups, or a particular example of this:
war
damage caused to water, air, etc. by harmful substances or waste:
pollution
a type of animal or plant that might stop existing because there are only a few of that type alive.
endangered species
an extremely large wave caused by a violent movement of the earth under the sea.
tsunami
