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

2. 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

3. 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