1. THE HUMAN WORLD: RESOURCES, TRADE AND THE ENVIRONMENT CHAPTER 4 SECTION 4

2. EQ: How does the availability and use of natural resources affect economic activities and the environment? OBJ: I will be able to analyze how changes in the physical environment of a place can increase or diminish its capacity to support human activity.

3. RESOURCE MANAGEMENT  Elements from the Earth that are not made by people but can be used by them for food, fuel, or other necessities are called natural resources  Renewable resources cannot be used up, or can be replaced naturally, or grown again in a relatively short amount of time  Types of Renewable Resources  Water  Sun  Wind  Forests  Animal Life  Non-renewable resources cannot be replaced, such as minerals and fossil fuels

4. ORGANIZER! Types of Economic Activity

5. ECONOMIES AND WORLD TRADE: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT  Geographers and Economists classify the world’s economic activity into 4 types  Primary economic activities  Involve taking or using natural resources directly from the Earth  Secondary economic activities  Raw materials are used to produce something new and more valuable  Tertiary economic activities  Helps provide services to people and businesses  Quaternary economic activities  Concerned with the processing, management and distribution of information

6. ECONOMIES AND WORLD TRADE: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT  Industrialization, or the spread of industry, help influence a country’s level of development  Developed countries  Most people work in service, manufacturing, or information industries and enjoy a high standard of living  Newly industrialized countries  Includes Mexico and Malaysia  Developing countries  In these developing countries, agriculture remains dominant  People engage in subsistence farming  Militant groups arise due to resentment of and discontentment with lack of resources

7. WORLD TRADE  The unequal distribution of natural resources promotes a complex network of trade among countries  Differences in labor costs and education levels affect world trade as well  Barriers to Trade  A government conducts trade to benefit its own economy  Tax or tariff on imported/exported goods  Quotas  Embargos  Free Trade  The removal of barriers so that goods can flow freely among countries

8. WORLD TRADE  The General Agreement of Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was the first international agreement to promote free trade  In 1995 GATT became the World Trade Organization (WTO)  North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)  Mexico, Canada, and the United States are a part of this agreement  Eliminates all trade barriers to goods of these countries  The European Union is the world’s largest trading bloc and includes many countries of Europe  They have a regional currency known as the euro to show cooperation  The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was established in 1967 by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand  Encourages economic growth and trade

9. PEOPLE AND THE ENVIRONMENT  Water and Land Pollution  Oil spills, chemical waste, fertilizer, and pesticides can pollute the water supply  Chemical waste and radioactive waste can poison fertile topsoil and also leak deep into the soil  Air Pollution  The main sources of air pollution is the burning of fossil fuels by industries and vehicles  Chemicals in the air combine with precipitation to form acid rain  Forests provide animal habitats, prevent oil erosion, and carries out photosynthesis  The Fragile Ecosystem  Human activity can disrupt the environment  Earth’s land, air, and water are interrelated so what harms one part of the system harms all other parts including all living things

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