Global Interdependence and Its Cause and Effects Essential Question: How have the events of the past created the world we know today?

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Global Interdependence and Its Cause and Effects Essential Question: How have the events of the past created the world we know today?

ENVIRONMENT Air and water pollution Earth Summit Endangered Species Deforestation TECHNOLOGY Nuclear weapons Medicine Space Travel Computers POLITICS Great Liberation Military alliances United Nations Cold War ECONOMICS Poverty in the Global South World Bank International trade agreements Debt crisis Oil crisis

OBSTACLES GEOGRAPHY Irregular rainfall Poor soil Tropical diseases Frequent drought Desert and steppe climates POLITICAL INSTABILITY Undermining of pre-colonial system Military coups Ethnic and regional conflicts Authoritarian rulers ECONOMY Reliance on foreign aid Dependence on imports Debt crisis Failure of local industries OBSTACLES ECONOMIC POLICIES Failed socialist programs Concentration on cash crops instead of food crops Artificially low food prices Neglect of rural development POPULATION AND POVERTY Population explosion Subsistence farming Famine

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