1. A Globalized World

2. Interdependent Global Economy
Interdependent: what happens in one part of the world has an effect on other areas
Countries work together for the benefit of all
Developed:
Developing:
Modern agriculture and industry
Advanced Technology
Strong educational system
Dependence on agricultural production
Low standard of living
Lack of technology

3. Economic Organizations
European Union (EU)
North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Organization of American States (OAS)
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
Expanded free trade by ending tariffs
25 member states
Euro is common currency
Free trade between Canada, U.S. and Mexico (1990)
Lower trade barriers
Encourage foreign investment
Formed to strengthen democracy, promote human rights & confront problems (poverty, terrorism, illegal drugs, corruption)
Western Hemisphere (U.S., Canada)
Formed in 1967
Coordinates policies among member nations (trade & agriculture)
Example of regional cooperation

4. Global Problems: Environmental Issues
Pollution:
contamination of the environment, including air, water, and soil
Acid Rain:
rains falls through air that is contaminated by pollution
Global Warming:
gradual rise in the temperature of the earth (Greenhouse Effect)
Deforestation:
destruction of forests
Desertification:
change of arable (useable) land into desert land (example: Sahara Desert in Africa)
Nuclear proliferation:
spread of nuclear energy/weapons (example: Chernobyl, India & Pakistan, North Korea, Iran)

5. Global Problems: Terrorism
The deliberate use of unpredictable violence, especially against civilians, to gain revenge or achieve political goals.
Usually used by groups that do not have military power
Recent Examples:
9/11 attacks (conflict between extreme traditionalists and western societies)
disputes between nationalist groups over homeland (Palestine & Israel)
domestic conflict

6. Global Problems: Poverty
Result of urbanization and overpopulation (lack of food and resources)
Shantytowns: areas of makeshift shacks that lack sewer systems, electricity, and other basic services

7. Global Problems: Health/Medicine
People living longer: infant mortality rates , quality of life
Antibiotics
Vaccines
Transplants
Laser surgery
Challenges:
Genetic Engineering
New Epidemics: AIDS, SARS
Rich countries have medical supplies, poor countries do not

8. Modern Global revolutions
Green Revolution
**INCREASING THE FOOD SUPPLY**
Irrigation
Machinery
Fertilizer & Pesticides
New foods
Positive: food production; develops new food products
Negative: depends on rainfall; costly chemicals; small farmers lose job
Computer Revolution
(Information revolution)
**GREAT INCREASE IN THE USE OF COMPUTERS**
Internet; Social Media
Literacy
Positive: creates new jobs; links people, businesses, nations; makes more information available
Negative: expensive (only some people can afford it); widens gap between global North and South

9. Africa Today African countries gained independence after WWII
Dependent on Europe for imports/manufactured goods
Obstacles to progress:
Population and poverty
Political problems
Economic dependence (on West)
Land and climate
Economic policies
Ethnic tension & Nationalism
Rwandan genocide, Darfur

10. Latin America Today Cash-crop economies unstable; dependent on West
Argentina – democracy
Nicaragua – Sandinistas & Contras
Mexico – gap between rich & poor, social classes, population and poverty, urban growth
OAS (Organization of American States)
NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)