Global Problems Flashcards
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| 180649168 | Ethnic Cleaning | an ethnic group being eliminated from an area by another group (ex. Serbia vs. Bosnia, Armenia over religious differences, Rwanda - Hutus vs. Tutsis) | 0 | |
| 180649169 | Air Pollution | (ex. China has unregulated industrialization, Japan & acid rain, India has unregulated industrialization) | 1 | |
| 180649170 | Water Pollution | (ex. South Africa doesn't have funds or regulations, in Russia the fishing industry has suffered and treatment plants have been delayed) | 2 | |
| 180649171 | Desertification | turning of semi-desert land into desert due to over-use (ex. India's monsoons have been irregular and there has been overfarming, South Africa has overfarming and poverty, China has regulations but rural areas ignore them) | 3 | |
| 180649172 | Green House Effect | gases catch uv rays, caused by burning fossil fuels and deforestation (ex. Australia has a hole in its ozone layer and many organizations) | 4 | |
| 180649173 | Deforestation | cutting down of trees for lumber and farmland (ex. Nigeria, Congo, Papua New Guniea) | 5 | |
| 180649174 | Human Rights Violations | violations of the rights everyone is born which such as life and liberty (ex. China and female infanticide, Syria trying to become a democracy, Lybia, New Mexico and torture, Northern Ireland Catholics vs. Protestants) | 6 | |
| 180649175 | Terrorism | (ex. Israel Arabs vs. Jews, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Ireland & the IRA) | 7 | |
| 180649176 | Disease | (ex. SARS, AIDS, Mad Cow Disease) | 8 | |
| 180649177 | Hunger & Famine | (ex. Kenya, S. Africa, N. Korea) | 9 | |
| 180649178 | Overpopulation | more people than resources available can support (ex. India, China) | 10 | |
| 180649180 | Nuclear Proliferation | selling and trading of nuclear weapons (ex. N. Korea, China, Iran) | 11 |