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Chapter 22 Section 1
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Section 2
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Countries of the World Interdependence-dependence of countries on each other for goods, resources, and labor Worlds work Developed nations control much of the worlds capitol, trade, and technology Outsourcing- sending work to developing nations Positives Saves money Cheep labor Negatives Is hurting some countries economies
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Countries linked Together
Multinational Corporations Braches in many nations Critics Have a lot of influences, law wages, large profits Proponents Invest in developing worlds, new opportunities Financial Crisis Financial interdependence Countries are locked financially
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Countries linked Together
Oil Natural resources play a huge role Oil dominates world relations OPEC Affects the entire world Debt The word is affected by debt The world is interlocked financially Global Trade Organization Keeps peace and deals with political, social, and economic issues IMF ( International Monetary Fund) Encourage economic growth WTO (world trade organization) 100 nations
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Countries linked Together
Cost and Benefits of Global Trade Benefits- bring consumers great variety in goods and materials Completion lowers prices Encourages technology growth Free trade more democratic Anti Globalization Opposes globalization Rich countries control poor countries Hurts local people Sustainability- meets needs
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Section 3
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Global poverty, Disaster, disease
½ the world lives on less than $2/day 1/9 the population can not read or write Causes of poverty Gap between rich and poor nations is too large Many nations owe other nations money War, corruption, political upheavals, poor planning Hunger 1/2 people suffer from malnutrition in developing nations Famine is a prolonged hunger 1/5 kids in the U.S. struggle with hunger
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Global poverty, Disaster, disease
Natural Disasters Earthquakes, flood, avalanches, drought, fire, hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunami, flood Happen all around the world Cause death, people to be displaced, left without anything Global Diseases Epidemic-diseases spread through a population Pandemic- disease has spread across multiple continents SARS AIDS Mad Cow West Nile Influenza Small pox TB
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Global poverty, Disaster, disease
Migration Better opportunities Famine, disaster, war, political up rest, and persecution Refugees
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Human rights and Development
Women 1950 women in U.S, Canada, Europe had gained the right to vote Developed worlds allow women freedom Non developed worlds do not have those freedoms Pollution Acid rain Smog Nuclear power waste Deforestation Destruction of the rain forest Reducing oxygen levels Reducing the ozone layer
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Section 4
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Modern Weapons Weapons of Mass Destruction
Nuclear, biological, chemical Nuclear nonproliferation Treaty 1968 Russia, US, 60 other nations Ensure nuclear weapons didn’t rapidly expand By countries had signed the treaty Arms control treaty Doesn't guarantee nuclear wont be used India, Cuba, Pakistan, Israel have not signed Russia, U.S., China, Iraq, Iran, India, Israel All very powerful and dominate nations when it comes to WMD’s
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Terrorism Violence against civilians Regional Terrorist Groups
Bombings Suicide bombings 9/11 3000 dead civilians Regional Terrorist Groups IRA (Irish Republican Army) Britain Al Qaeda- Middle East Islamic fundamentalist Osama Bin Laden. Taliban- Middle East War on Terrorism Global Crisis U.S. and the whole world are affected.
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Advances in Science and Technology
Space Race Russia vs. United States Who could put a man on the moon first Space Science International Space Station (ISS) Russia, China, Japan, U.S., France, Britain NASA Satellites Virtually all technology uses satellites today Computers Computers were developed in the 1970’s Internet came about in the 1990’s
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Advances in Medicine and biotechnology
Vaccinations Microscopic instruments Lasers Biotechnology Genetics Stem cells Cloning Standard of Living Standard of living in developed worlds have tripled since the 1950’s
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