The Environmental Crisis

• ­­­­­____________________argued that pesticides were having dramatic effects
• This gave rise to ecology, the study between living things and their environment

Impact of Population Growth

• The world will not be big enough to support for many more people
• ____________________is a bi-product
• People are going crazy about tropical rainforest destruction

Chemical Waste and Disasters

• Many scientist warn that the release of chlorofluorocarbon from aerosol cans, refrigerators, air conditioners is destroying the ozone layer a thin layer of gas in the upper _______________________that shields Earth from the Sun
• The green house effect, global warming caused by the buildup of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere can cause flooding
• Acid rain, the rainfall that results when sulfur produced by factories mixes with moisture in the air, causes the killing of forests in _________________________ and Europe

Transportation, Communications and Space

• Jumbo jet airlines, the internet, satellites, cable TV, fax machines and cell phones transformed the world community
• The exploration of space is another world changing development
• In 1969, American astronauts ____________________ and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon
• Space probes and shuttle flights have increased scientific knowledge

Health Care and Agriculture

• New ______________________and medicines have enabled doctors to perform miracle operations
• Technological changed have raised new concerns and have led to a new field of study called bioethics, which deals with moral choices in medicine research
• In agriculture, the ________________________refers to the development of new strains of rice, corn, and other grains
• The pesticides used to control the insects create environment problems

Weapons

• The end of the Cold War reduced the chances of major nuclear war but still left a threat of regional nuclear war
• Bioware-the use of disease and poison against civilians and soldiers in wartime
• ________________________-the use of biological and chemical weapons in terrorist attacks

Economic and Social Changes

• Global economy is an economy in which the production, distribution, and sale of goods take place on a world side scale
• ________________________________________________was established in 1995

The Gap Between Rich and Poor Nations

• The rich, industrialized nations that are mainly in the Northern Hemisphere
• Developing countries mostly in the ___________________________are primarily farming nations with little technology
• The world’s population today is 6.2 billion and expected 9 billion in 2050
• Over _______________people a year die from hunger, many are children under 5 years old

The Gender Cap

• The women status was reflected in the gap between the rich and the poor nations
• Many ________were passed that required women and men doing the same work equal pay
• ________________ often remain bound to their homes and families and subordinate to their fathers and husbands

Political Challenges

• Democratic systems in many countries have been replaced by military dictatorship
• Conflict around the world was created through ________________, ethnic and religious differences

The United Nations

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt had wanted to create an organization that would help maintain peace after the war, as the United Nations had found San Francisco in 1945
• The ________________________of the United Nations has the power to discuss any question of importance to the organization and to recommend the action to be taken
• The ________council, the most important advisory group of the United Nations, decides what actions the United Nations should take to settle international disputes
• Many agencies the function under the direction of the United Nations, including ________________, WHO, UNICEFF, and the IMF have had been successful in helping to address economic and social problems around the world

New Global Visions

• People have formed public ________________to deal with a number of global-scale problems, including environmental protection, technological ethics, and non violence, on a local level
• Such groups are no longer made solely of radicals, but include the common, middle-class person as well
• Similarly, non ________________organizations (NGOs) have been formed to deal even more so on a more global scale by severing government ties to rally for similar causes
• Political, ethnic, and religious problems have made global approaches to such large problems difficult, though
• Ultimately, history can teach us a few key lessons
• A lack of ________________________in society's affairs can leave us feeling powerless
• Studying history leaves us capable of making wise choices for the future
• We all can create history in our choices