2. The Four Worlds of the International System Click to see a map of the world on the basis of Gross Domestic Product per capita Click again to see which countries belong to the First or Industrialized World Click a second time to see which countries belong to the Second World, the world of the countries in transition Click a third time to see the countries of the Fourth World. These are the countries where there is grave uncertainty whether they will ever be able to industrialize Click a fourth time to see the rest of the globe, the countries of the developing or Third World. Compare the Four Worlds with the GDP/Capita given on the last slide. Do you think it is proper to divide up the world in this way? Why or Why not? How would you divide up the world?

3. The Four Worlds First World Second World Fourth World Third World