Unit 6 Part 4 Vocabulary - Business and Science Breakthroughs

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Cyrus McCormick

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An inventor who developed the McCormick reaper

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Humane Society

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A non-profit organization that helps find homes for lost or neglected animals

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American Red Cross

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A nonprofit organization that provides assistance to those affected by natural disasters

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Pasteurization

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A process for removing bacteria in food allowing for safer food storage and handling

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Habitat For Humanity

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A nonprofit organization that helps the less fortunate find affordable housing

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Bill Gates

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Founder of Microsoft, a software company

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McCormick reaper

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A crop harvesting machine that won the gold medal at the London’s World Fair in 1851

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Jonas Salk

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Physician who discovered a cure for the polio virus

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Louis Pasteur

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A scientist who invented vaccines for anthrax, rabies, and chicken cholera

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Bacteria

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Living organisms that can sometimes cause infection and disease