1. Do now: Copy the Economic Trends Vocabulary into your notebooks

2. Post-colonialism – term used to describe conditions shared by nations that were once colonies Trade deficit – a situation in which a nation imports more than it exports Refugees – person who flees his or her homeland to seek safety elsewhere

3. What are the differences between the countries of the global North & the countries of the global South?

4. use the information from the reading to fill out the graphic organizer explaining the obstacles to development in 15 words or less… Geography Population growth Past Economic Policies Economic Dependence, Trade Deficits & Debt Political Instability

5. Geography Population growth Past Economic Policies Economic Dependence, Trade Deficits & Debt Political Instability

6. What evidence does the graph give of the economic division between the global North & the global South?