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Global Demographic Transitions and Historical Events: A Comparative Analysis

Explore how demographic transitions impact population growth, debunking Malthusian claims. Learn about key events like the Persian Gulf War, Ethnic Cleansing in Former Yugoslavia, globalization, and the end of apartheid in South Africa.

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Global Demographic Transitions and Historical Events: A Comparative Analysis

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  1. Ch 24 red and Ch 33 white 9/11/2001

  2. Migration Patterns • From east to west • From south to north • Muslim population has grown in Europe. • Asian and Latin American population has grown in the U.S. Demographic transition Fertility rates are lower in industrial nations which slows the rate of population growth. This demographic transition dismisses Thomas Malthus’ claim made in1798 that an unchecked population growth would outstrip food production and lead to famine and epidemics. Why is there a lower birth rate in industrialized nations? Women tend to receive higher education, leading to employment and marry at a later age, having fewer children.

  3. Persian Gulf War 1990-91 • Saddam Husain invades Kuwait • The U.S. attacks Iraq from base in Saudi Arabia. • Saddam Husain leaves Kuwait

  4. Globalization Growing trade, travel and new technologies are bringing all regions of the world into closer economic, political and cultural integration and interaction. Critics call it a form of cultural imperialism

  5. Ethnic Cleansing in Former Yugoslavia Bosnian War 1991 Slobodan Milosevic, a Serbian nationalist, On trial at the Hague for crimes against humanity in 2000

  6. Ethnic Cleansing in Rwanda Hutu massacre of Tutsi people

  7. South Africa F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela 1990 Mandela freed from prison African National Congress no longer banned 1994 The first free multiracial elections held Nelson Mandela of the African National Congress (ANC) wins. Apartheid is over in South Africa.

  8. International Organizations • Universal Declaration of Human Rights • passed by the U.N. General Assembly, 1948 • condemned slavery, torture, cruel and inhuman punishment, arbitrary arrest, detention and exile • called for freedom of movement, assembly and thought. • rights to life, liberty and security of person, to impartial public trials, to education , employment and leisure. Anyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, color, sex, language, religion or political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. NGO’s - Non-Governmental Organizations Amnesty International - promotes human rights Doctors Without Borders - famine relief and refugee assistance medical assistance in times of crisis

  9. NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement U.S. Canada Mexico

  10. MercosurMercado Comun del Sur Brazil Paraguay Argentina Uruguay

  11. EU - European Unionmost successful of all free tradeblocs Germany - largest economy PIIGS nations: struggling economies Portugal Ireland Italy Greece Spain

  12. APEC

  13. SADC Southern African Development Community

  14. G-8 Countries 7 richest country + Russia

  15. WTOWorld Trade Organization

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