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Unequal world
North or South?
Inequalities
Past power
Control of world trade
Food supplies and diet
Health
Literacy
Incomes
South
Write words to describe the South under each of these headings
North
Write words to describe the North under each of these headings
Rule and Power
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Control of trade
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Food supplies and diet
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Health
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Literacy
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Incomes
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Inequalities
Past power
Control of world trade
Food supplies and diet
Health
Literacy
Incomes
SouthNorth
Inequality leads to more inequality
North
• Low child mortality rates
• High life expectancy
South
• High child mortality rates
• Low life expectancy
Reasons for high infant mortality
Reasons for differences in life expectancy
• More/less food• Good/poor diet• Wrong food/hunger related diseases • Plenty/no clean water• Good/poor sanitation• Good/poor medical care• High/low child mortality• Injustice – keeps North rich / South poor.
Note:
• Social inequality exist within the North and South as well as between the North and South– E.g still many hungry people in America– E.g still minority of wealthy people in India
• Some 3rd World countries have made great advances in increasing life expectancy and lowering child mortality rates– E.g Vietnam, Kenya, Zambia
The UC Atlas of Global Inequality
• http://ucatlas.ucsc.edu/
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