SQ 6. What effect has population growth and globalization had on the environment? How might changes in the environment affect us?

SQ 6. What effect has population growth and globalization had on the environment? How might changes in the environment affect us?
Describe the effects that population growth and globalization have had on the environment. Explain how the effects were caused by population growth and globalization. Explain how the effects on the environment might affect people in the future.
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SQ 6. What effect has population growth and globalization had on the environment? How might changes in the environment affect us?
Global History II
Unit 10.9: Globalization and the Changing Environment
Causes and Effects of Population Growth and Globalization: SQ 6. What effect has population growth and globalization had on the environment? How might changes in the environment affect us?
Describe the effects that population growth and globalization have had on the environment.
Explain how the effects were caused by population growth and globalization.
Explain how the effects on the environment might affect people in the future.
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New York State Grades 9-12 Social Studies Framework ( 10.9b, 10.9b1, 10.9c, 10.…
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New York State Grades 9-12 Social Studies Framework:
10.9b
CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING: Globalization is contentious, supported by some and criticized by others.
10.9b1
CONTENT SPECIFICATION: Students will compare and contrast arguments supporting and criticizing globalization
by examining concerns including:
• free market, export-oriented economies vs. localized, sustainable activities
• development of a mixed economy in China and China’s role in the global
economy
• multinational corporations and cartels (e.g., Organization of Petroleum
Exporting Countries)
• roles of the World Trade Organization, the World Bank, the International
Monetary Fund, and microfinance institutions
• economic growth and economic downturns (e.g., recession, depression) on a
national and a global scale
• economic development and inequality (e.g., access to water, food, education,
health care, energy)
• migration and labor
• ethnic diversity vs. homogenization (e.g., shopping malls, fast food
franchises, language, popular culture)
10.9c
CONCEPTUAL UNDERSTANDING: Population pressures, industrialization, and urbanization have increased demands for limited natural resources and food resources, often straining the environment.
10.9c1
CONTENT SPECIFICATION: Students will examine how the world’s population is growing exponentially for numerous reasons and how it is not evenly distributed.
10.9c2
CONTENT SPECIFICATION: Students will explore efforts to increase and intensify food production through industrial agriculture (e.g., Green Revolutions, use of fertilizers and pesticides, irrigation, and genetic modifications).
10.9c3
CONTENT SPECIFICATION: Students will examine strains on the environment, such as threats to wildlife and degradation of the physical environment (i.e., desertification, deforestation and pollution) due to population growth, industrialization, and urbanization.
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