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10 Cards in this Set
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OPEC
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Organization of petroleum Exporting Countries
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Chernobyl
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the site of a nuclear power plant accident in the soviet Union
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multinational corporation
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enterprise with branches in many countries
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privatization
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selling off state-owned industries to private investors
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environmentalists
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one who raises an alarm about threats to the planet's fragile environment
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acid rain
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form of pollution in which toxic chemicals in the air come back to the earth as rain, now, or hail
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global warming
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worldwide temperature increase
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How do the nations of the global North and global South depend on one another?
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the nations of the global north control much of the world's capital, trade, and technology. But hey depend increasingly on low-paid workers in developing states to produce manufactured goods as inexpensively as possible
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What obstacles do developing nations face?
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- few natural resources, difficult climate,
- economic dependence on western industrialism - socialism blocks economic growth - warfare over health care and education |
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How has economic development increased the potential for widespread damage to the environment
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- modern industry and agriculture have gobbled up natural resources and polluted much of the world's water, air, and soil
- strip mining destroyed land chemical pesticides and fertilizers produced more food crops but harmed the soil and water |
