THE WORLD TODAY

THE WORLD TODAY

1. IMPORTANT HISTORICAL EVENTS

   • THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL
   • THE END OF THE COLD WAR
   • THE DISSOLUTION OF THE SOVIET UNION
   • CONSEQUENCE: NEW PEWIOD IN HISTORY

2. GLOBALISATION

   • DISADVANTAGES
     • INTERNATIONAL CONFLICTS
     • MIGRATION
     • URBAN AND DEMOGRAPHIC PROBLEMS
   • WHEN
     • 1980s
   • EVENT
     • THE PACE OF GLOBALISATION HAS SEADILY INCREASED
       • ALL OF THE WORLD'S SOCIETIES ARE BEING BROUGHT TOGHETHER IN A SINGLE SYSTEM
       • INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER
   • ECONOMIC GLOBALISATION
     • THE SPREAD OF CAPITALISM
     • HAS CHANGED THE MAP OF GLOBAL PRODUCTION
   • CHARACTERISTICS
     • TERTIARISATION AND FINANCIALISATION
     • CONCENTRATION OF WEALTH
     • MULTINATIONALS
     • GOVERMENTS OF SECOND IMPORTANCE
     • OFFSHORING
   • SCIENCE AND TECH
     • COMMUNICATIONS
     • HIGH TECH

3. CONFLICTS

   • WHEN
     • XXI CENTURY
   • CAUSES
     • ECONOMIC DIFFERENCES
     • UNSOLVED PAST CONFLICTS
     • RELIGIOUS INTOLERANCE
   • CONSEQUENCES
     • CIVIL CONFLICTS
     • TERRORISM
   • DIPLOMACY AND INTERVENTION OF INTERNATIONAL BODIES
     • DEATH AND INJURY

4. MIGRATION

   • CAUSES
     • EARTHQUAKES
     • CRISIS
     • BETTER EDUCATION
   • TYPES
     • FORCED
     • VOLUNTARY
     • CASUAL
     • PERMANENT
   • CONSEQUENCES
     • EMITTING
       • REDUCES UNEMPLOYMENT
     • RECIPIENT
       • CULTURE IS ENRICHED
   • CITIES
     • CAUSE
       • THE CONSTANT GROWTH
     • CONSEQUENCE
       • ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION
         • POLLUTION
       • WASTE MANAGEMENT
       • SOCIAL SEGREGATION
         • CLEARLY DIFFERENT GROUPS
       • HOUSING
     • POPULATION
       • TODAY: 7.3 BILL. PEOPLE IN THE WORLD
       • 2050: 9.7 BILL. PEOPLE
       • CHARACTERISTICS
         • BIRTH RATE
         • DEATH RATE
         • LIFE EXPECTACY
         • POPULATION GROWTH

5. COUNTRIES

   • DEVELOPED
     • PER CAPITA GDP VERY HIGH
     • DEMOCRATIC SYSTEMS
   • DEVELOPING
     • UNDERDEVELOPED
       • POLITICAL INSTABILITY
     • EMERGING ECONOMIES
       • HIGH RATES OF ECONOMIC GROWTH

6. THE UN

   • EVERY STATE OF THE WORLD
   • CREATED IN 1945
   • FUNCTIONS
     • DEFEND HUMAN RIGHTS
     • HUMANITARIAN AID
   • ORGANS
     • SECURITY COUNCIL
     • SECRETARIAT
   • LIMITATIONS
     • DEPENDENT ON CONTRIBUTIONS
     • LACK OF ARMED FORCES
   • NGOs
     • WHEN
       • LATE 20th CENTURY
     • ORIGIN
       • DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
     • CHARACTERISTICS
       • MOST OF THEM ARE VOLUNTEERS
       • INDEPENDENT FROM EVERY GOVERNMENT

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