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10 Cards in this Set
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Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
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OPEC
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a nuclear power plant in Russia that had an accident and killed a lot of people
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Chernobyl
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corporations with branches in many parts of the world
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Multinational Corporation
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selling off state owned industries to private investors
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Privatization
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someone concerned about the environment
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Environmentalist
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a form of pollution in which toxic chemicals from in the air fall back to the earth as rain, snow, or hail
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Acid Rain
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increase of world temperatures
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Global Warming
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How do the nations of the global north and global south depend on each other?
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the nations of the north control all the capitol, trade and tech, but they need cheap labor from the south to keep their economies going
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What obstacles do developing nations face?
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geography, population and poverty, economic dependence, economic policies, political instability
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How has economic development increased the potential for widespread damage to the environment? Two examples –
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More cars = more greenhouse gasses = more ozone damage
More industrialization = more chemical and nuclear plants = more chances for accidents |
