List 10 things that students today hope for and 10 things that they fear.

List 10 things that students today hope for and 10 things that they fear

Chapter Epilogue: Unresolved Problems of the Modern World

Section 1 Technology Changes Peoples Lives

Main Idea: The rapid emergence of new technologies holds promises as well as challenges for people around the world.

Why it Matters: Technology has already affected communications and medicine and may help solve other problems.

•Mass media

•Biotechnology

•Genetic Engineering

A Revolution in ElectronicsThe influence of computers Information Spreads in New Ways

Technology Transforms the World EconomyThe Work Place ChangesEconomic Domination

The Mass Media Change CultureTelevision transforms People’s LivesPopular Culture SpreadsOld Ways Abandoned

Biotechnology Affects HealthWorld Concerns over the Environment

Section 2 Dangers to the Global Environment

Main Idea: Technology and industrialization have created environmental challenges that affect the entire world

Why it Matters: Failure to solve environmental problems will threaten the health of the planet

•Greenhouse Effect

•CFCs

•Sustainable Development

World Concerns Over the Environment

Concerns About the Atmosphere

The Greenhouse EffectDestruction of the Ozone LayersAir Pollution Varies

Depletion of Natural ResourcesScarcity of Clean WaterDestruction of Rain Forests

Energy Supplies Raise ConcernProblems Caused by Energy UseThe Exxon Valdez Oil SpillsSolutions for the 21st Century

Section 3 Feeding a Growing Population

Main Idea: Population growth has put great pressure on the earth’s resources, including the food supply

Why it Matters: Nations must find ways to support their growing human populations or else face famines

•Overpopulation

•Birth Rates

•Green Revolution

World Population ExpandsQuality of LifeNatural Causes of FamineGovernment-Produced Famine

Revolutions in Food ProductionThe Green RevolutionThe Irresolution

Other Solutions to Population Problems Improving EconomiesLimiting Population Growth Improving Women’s Status

Section 4 Economic Issues in the Developing World

Main Idea: Developing nations face a set of economic challenges that must be resolved

Why it Matters: Sustainable economic development allows more people to lead productive lives and makes the world more stable

•Less-developed countries LDCS

•Capital

•World Bank Internal Monetary Fund (IMF)

•Grassroots Development

Economic Growth and International Aid Investment CapitalWorld Bank

Different Economic ApproachesMultinational CorporationGrassroots Development

Free Trade or Protectionism

Multinational CorporationGrassroots Development

Section 5 The Threat of Weapons and Terrorism

Main Idea: War, terrorism, and weapons of mass destruction threaten the security of people all over the world.

Why it Matters: People can work against the dangers posed by war, terrorism, and weapons of mass destruction

•Conventional weapons

•Terrorism

•Weapons of mass destruction

•Proliferation

•bioweapons

World Wide Arms Trade

Market for WeaponsProtests Against Weapons Sales

Weapons of Mass Destruction

The Threat of Nuclear WeaponsNuclear Weapons in the Former Soviet

UnionBiological and Chemical Weapons

Terrorism Strikes Globally

Nations Join Forces to Ensure Peace

Section 6 Defending Human Rights and Freedoms

Main Idea: Human rights and freedoms have become a major international concern

Why it Matters: Protecting fundamental rights for all people is an important way to improve life in the 21st century

•Universal Declaration of Human Rights

•Genocide

Universal Human Rights

Violations of Human Rights Continue

Political DissentEthnic and Racial ConflictsReligious Persecution

Children at Risk

Signs of HopeHuman Rights SuccessesWomen’s Rights AddressedHuman Rights in the 21st Century