Transcript Global Issues PowerPoint Notes

Global Problems in the 21st Century
Issues:
• 1. Overpopulation
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People have more children in developing countries
7 Billion and growing (total in the world)
Ideal for environment is less than 2 billion
Population density: Average number of people living in an
area of a specific size
2. Poverty/Food/Water Shortages
• Over 1 Billion live on $1 a day
• Billions do not have clean fresh water
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3. Urbanization: Growth of cities
• Cities become overcrowded slums
• Cities cannot keep up with the need for housing, schools, or
even basic health services
Other Issues…
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Destruction of the Environment
• Pollution
• Depletion of resources (forests)
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Conflict
• Terrorism
• Drug Trade
• Ethnic Cleansing
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Debt Repayment
• Developing nations have to spend much of their income
repaying loans, and thus, cannot spend that money on
much-needed services
 Reasons
for conflict
• Ethnocentrism
• Racism
• Imperialism: Control by one country of the
political, economic, or cultural life of another
country
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Developed world
• Definition: Rich countries that have well-organized industrial and
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agricultural systems. Developed nations also make use of advanced
technologies and have strong educational systems.
Examples: Western Europe, N. America, Australia, New Zealand, Japan
1 Billion of world population
Stable Governments
Largely middle class populations
Developing world
• Definition: Those countries in which large segments of the economy are
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relatively undeveloped and most people are poor.
Examples: S. and C. America, Africa, Asia
6 billion people
Unstable governments
Prone to (more likely to get) global problems
 “Developed
Nation." World History: The
Modern Era. ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 8 Sept.
2012.
 "Food, Famine, Overpopulation: 1980–
Present (Visual)." World History: The
Modern Era. ABC-CLIO, 2012. Web. 8 Sept.
2012.