Economic Issues Worksheet

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Excerpt:

Contemporary economic divisions are more complex today than the old opinions between industrial and developing nations. Some nations struggle for agricultural subsistence while others are in rapid economic transition. Sharp disparities of development occur within nations. Economic imbalances help to explain the unresolved problem of the international drug trade. The movement of peoples seeking better economic and social conditions has mixed “different peoples” in unprecedented ways and created a lot of tension. One trend appears clear: population growth will be important, but will continue to slow. (Stearns, 892) (Click here to return to the WebQuest)

Directions:

Using the links provided in the WebQuest as well as print recourses and electronic resources that you discover on your own, print out this page and answer the following questions. You may list more than one issue if you wish. Also, you may find that some regions face similar issues. If you note a similar issue, please explain how that issue varies from region to region. Make sure to do the entire worksheet, including the questions at the end of the worksheet.

Regional Questions: (Answer these questions for each region below)

1. What do you believe is the most important economic issue (positive or negative) faced in each of the following regions of the world?
2. Do you believe this issue will still exist in the future in this area?
3. How might this issue evolve over the next 25 to 26 years?

North America (The US and Canada)
 
 

Latin America (Mexico to Argentina)
 
 

Sub Saharan Africa
 
 

The Middle East (including North Africa)
 
 

Central and Western Europe
 
 

Russia and the former Soviet Republics
 
 

Far East Asia (China, Japan, and the Korean Peninsula)
 
 

East and Southeast Asia (India to Vietnam)
 
 

Oceania (Australia and the nations of the Pacific)
 
 

Final Questions: (Answer these questions in the numbered spots below)

1. In order, list what you believe are the three most important economic issues (positive or negative) faced by the world today?

Issue #1)
Issue #2)
Issue #3)

2. Do you believe these issues will still exist in the future?

Issue #1)
Issue #2)
Issue #3)

3. How might these issues evolve over the next 25 to 26 years?

Issue #1)
 

Issue #2)
 

Issue #3)