Table of Contents
UNIT 1 LOOKING AT THE WORLD
Big Ideas:
- Statistical indicators are a useful tool for comparing countries and analyzing global issues.
- Quality of life around the world is influenced by a wide range of economic, environmental, historical, political, and social factors.
- Globalization has major economic, environmental, political, and social impacts on countries and people around the world.
- Government policies and company practices that protect the environment play an important role in promoting sustainability
Chapter 1 What Are Global Issues?
Chapter 2 What Are Quality of Life, Globalization, and Sustainability?
Chapter 3 Why Do We Compare Countries?
UNIT 2 HUMAN POPULATION
Big Ideas:
- Population growth is increasing the human impact on the environment.
- Quality of life around the world is influenced by a wide range of economic, environmental, historical, political, and social factors.
- Many obstacles stand in the way of improving the quality of life of people in all parts of the world.
Chapter 4 What Is Demography?
Chapter 5 What Can We Learn From Studying Population Change?
Chapter 6 What Are the Consequences of Population Growth?
Chapter 7 What Are the Consequences of Population Decline?
Chapter 8 Why Do People Migrate?
Chapter 9 What Causes Rural to Urban Migration?
UNIT 3 ECONOMIC ISSUES
Big Ideas:
- Trade and immigration have impacts on relationships within nations and between nations.
- Globalization has resulted in a high level of economic integration among countries and increasing cultural integration.
- Globalization has major quality of life, economic, environmental, political, and social impacts on countries and people around the world.
Chapter 10 How Do Economies Develop and Change?
Chapter 11 What Is Economic Globalization?
Chapter 12 What Is Economic Disparity?
Chapter 13 How Can Globalization Empower Nations?
Chapter 14 How Do Governments Spend Money?
UNIT 4 ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Big Ideas:
- The distribution and availability of natural resources can affect a country’s prosperity and quality of life.
- Government policies and company practices that protect the environment play an important role in promoting sustainability.
- Resources that are essential for life are key components of the global commons.
Chapter 15 What Are Land and Forest Issues?
Chapter 16 What Affects Food and Agriculture?
Chapter 17 What Are Water Issues?
Chapter 18 What Are Air Issues?
Chapter 19 How Is Energy Produced and Consumed?
Chapter 20 How Is Climate Change the 21st Century Issue?
UNIT 5 POLITICAL ISSUES
Big Ideas:
- Powerful agents of change are having both positive and negative impacts on the quality of life of people around the world.
- Social change can be promoted by individuals, groups, or governments.
Chapter 21 How Does Political Stability Affect Quality of Life?
Chapter 22 Why Is There Conflict in the 21st Century?
Chapter 23 What Are Human Rights Issues?
Chapter 24 What Are the Politics of Terrorism?
Chapter 25 How Are Global Power Structures Changing?
Chapter 26 How Effective Are World Responses to Conflict?