National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) - The space exploration program that established mission control and the astronaut training complex in Houston, providing, International Space Station - a flying laboratory where astronauts stay for long periods of time, terrorism - the use of violence and terror to intimidate for political gain, bipartisanship - cooperation between political parties, deportation - the process to return illegal immigrants to their home countries, maquiladoras - a Mexican factory that is run at a low cost and owned by foreign investors, agribusiness - large corporations whose focus is agricultural production and services, satellite - a man-made object sent into space to orbit the earth or other objects, providing information and enhancing communication, fracking - the drilling technique of injecting fluid at high pressures into underground rock to create small fractures, exposing oil and natural gas, aerospace - an industry focused on the research, development and manufacturing of aviation and space flight products, petrochemical - a chemical made from oil or natural gas through the process of refining to make materials such as plastics, The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) - oil producing member nations that organize policies to stabilize petroleum prices, embargo - banning trade with a country, North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) - Effective in 1994; an agreement that made trade easier between the North American countries of Canada, the United States and Mexico,

Contemporary Texas - Terms/Vocabulary

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