Transcript Growing Interdependence C2, S4

The Developing World
I. A. Age of Imperialism
B. cash crops
C. Dependent
D. Crop failure, crops
often aren’t edible, what
if no one wants?
II. Modernization
A. Changes without chaos
B. 2. tariff
3. privatization
C. Literacy
III. A. Infrastructure bridges, roads, sewer,
electric, etc. ; base or
system used to support a
larger system
IV. Problems of Development
B. urbanization
1. population density
Growing Interdependence
C2, S4
1. Refugees
• many flee to developed countries
• temporary housing set up; cost to host
country
2. Drug Trade
• effects everyone and
helps fund
terrorism/violence
• Poor countries need
money
• Work together to
change both the
supply AND demand
Terrorism
• Violence to prove a point
• Countries need to join together
to stop it
• Help countries out of poverty?
http://rt.com/news/afghanistan-election-drugs-production-753/
Pittsburgh back in the day
China now
4. The Environment
• Gaining global attention – why?
• Is it fair to require less developed
countries to care about the environment?
• Did we (US) care while we were
developing?
5. Global
Economy =
Interdependence:
we are all linked
economically
6. Human
Rights
• Helsinki
Agreement gives
basic human rights
• Not all agreed to it
– and not all
countries agree on
what a “basic”
human right is!
Technology and the Future
• can ease global problems (farming
equipment and new methods, predicting
natural disasters, communication, etc.
• BUT as developed countries move faster
and faster, are less developed countries
lagging behind?
Internet users in 2012 as a percentage
of a country's population
8. United Nations (UN)
• 190+ nations involved
• May also send “peace keeping” troops
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oh3BbLk5UIQ
The UN has 4 main purposes
To keep peace throughout the world;
To develop friendly relations among nations;
To help nations work together
to improve the lives of poor
people, to conquer hunger,
disease and illiteracy, and to
encourage respect for each
other’s rights and freedoms;
To be a centre for
harmonizing
World Health Organization (WHO) is a part of the
the actions
of nations
UN; helps
developing nations with farming, medical.
to achieve these goals.