specie

A species found in nature that has so few surviving individuals that the it could soon become extinct in all or most of its natural range. Also see threatened species.

specie të rrezikuara

Lingkungan alamiah; Air

Under the Federal Endangered Species Act, animal populations may be determined to be either threatened or endangered. Populations listed as threatened are less severely depleted ...

Sputnik

Sejarah; Sejarah Amerika

Russian satellite that successfully orbited the earth in 1957, prompting Americans to question their own values and educational system. The hysteria over Soviet technological ...

Strategji e Jugut

Sejarah; Sejarah Amerika

Once France formally entered the War for Independence in 1778 on the American side, the British had to concern themselves with protecting such vital holdings as their sugar ...

Darvinizëm Social

Sejarah; Sejarah Amerika

An ideology based upon the evolutionary theories of Charles Darwin, it justified the concentration of wealth and lack of governmental protection of the weak through the ideas of ...

separatistë

Sejarah; Sejarah Amerika

Religious dissenters from England who believed that the state supported Anglican church, or Church of England, was too corrupt to be reformed. Thus, like the Pilgrims, they often ...

smog

Sejarah; Sejarah Amerika

The chemical laden fog caused by automobile engines, a serious problem in southern California. Like nuclear waste and the shrinking water supply, it reflects the problems ...