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Unit VIII: The Contemporary World 1991-Present

Unit VIII: The Contemporary World 1991-Present. Warm-Up. Think about your world today and the past 10 years….create a quick list of global issues that we are facing. Developed vs. Developing Nations. Characterized by different levels of economic development, population, and social conditions.

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Unit VIII: The Contemporary World 1991-Present

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  1. Unit VIII: The Contemporary World1991-Present

  2. Warm-Up Think about your world today and the past 10 years….create a quick list of global issues that we are facing

  3. Developed vs. Developing Nations Characterized by different levels of economic development, population, and social conditions

  4. Contrasts between Developedand Developing Nations Geographic locations of countries Economic conditions Social conditions (literacy, access to healthcare) Population size and rate of growth

  5. Global Literacy Rates

  6. Challenges/Opportunities of Developed and Developing Nations Migrations Ethnic/Religious conflict New technologies How could each of these represent both a challenge and an opportunity?

  7. Migrations Refugees- flee own country for fear of persecution/because of internal conflict Lost Boys of Sudan “Guest Workers”- Foreign workers come to Europe to meet labor shortages, not expected to stay forever

  8. Religious and Ethnic Conflict Middle East Arab-Israeli Conflict Northern Ireland Balkans Africa- resources MNCs Asia- S/N Korea

  9. New Technologies Widespread but unequal access to computers and instantaneous communications How does this influence society/culture? Genetic engineering and bioethics

  10. Environmental Challenges Pollution Loss of habitat Ozone Depletion

  11. Social Challenges Poverty Poor health Illiteracy Famine Migration

  12. Economy—political freedom Free market economy increases standard of living, expands middle class Result: growing demand for political freedoms and individual rights

  13. Globalization Expansion of global linkages, organization of social life on global scale, and growth of global consciousness, hence consolidation of world society. How did we get to this point? What are some pros and cons?

  14. Economic Interdependence Multinational corporations (MNCs)- a company with divisions in more than two countries Changing role of international boundaries Regional integration (European Union) Trade Agreements—North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), World Trade Organization (WTO) International Organizations—UN, International Monetary Fund (IMF)

  15. International Terrorism Munich Olympics 1972 Palestinian Terrorists take11 Israeli athletes hostage—all killed Re-examine anti-terrorism policies 9/11 and Osama Bin Laden (extremism) Car bombings Suicide bombings Airline hijackers

  16. Taliban, Al Qaeda…who are they? Taliban ‘ultraconservative’ Afghan refugees Ruled Afghanistan 1996-2001 Gained power through chaos in country Fundamental interpretation of Islam Fostered dvlpmt. of terrorist groups (Al Qaeda) Very few nations recognized them as gov’t Human rights abuses, esp. against women Ousted after 9/11 by series of raids Transitional gov’t est.-Karzai new leader Continued factional differences in country

  17. al Qaeda Roots from Soviet invasion of Afghanistan (“stronghold”) Formed 1990s Global network of terrorists Carry out holy war against non-Islamic nations WAS led by Osama Bin Laden (wealthy Saudi…got funding from around the world) Goal: Reinstate Caliphate (unified Muslim nation) Next in line: Ayman al Zawahiri

  18. Known Major Attacks by al Qaeda 1998: Bomb US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania killed 258, injured 5,000 2001: Attack on World Trade Centers, Pentagon, plane down in PA Killed 3,000

  19. May, 2011: Bin Laden Killed US Navy Seals, Team 6 Operation in Pakistan (Pakistani gov’t was not informed of the mission) Been watching for months Successful secret invasion of compound Killed bin Laden, took body, buried at sea Bin Laden = #1 leader…hope this leads to crumbling of al Qaeda Terrorist threats will continue to exist

  20. Government Response to Terrorism Surveillance and privacy rights Security at ports and airports ID badges and photos

  21. Something to think about… Although we are all so interconnected and interdependent today…why are there still vast differences between developed and developing countries? If globalization continues, what will your future look like?

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