unit 4 - global connections

Question 1

New communities (media and TNC’s)

Answer 1

Virtual communities - formed on the internet

TNC’s build more factories, shops, services and attract people but they have low wages and deteriorating natural environment.

Question 2

GMO- genetically modified organism

Answer 2

• Genetic modification allows the genes from one species to be introduced into another to produce hardier and higher-yield strain
• can increase quality, quantity, and availability of food.

Question 3

GMO health - pros and cons

Answer 3

Pros:

• provide higher concentrations of vitamins
• higher quality foods

Cons:

• may lead to unpredictable allergic reactions
• may alter the genetic makeup of individuals

Question 4

GMO Environmental - pros and cons

Answer 4

Pros:

• reduce the use of pesticides
• reduce wastes that pollute the environment
• may be used to immunize against diseases

cons:
- could violate the natural order of the world
- could have unknown effects on organisms

Question 5

GMO economic - pros and cons

Answer 5

Pros:
- produce higher yields because crops require less time to grow and have a lot of resistance to pests

Cons:

• concentrate agribusiness in the hands of powerful corporations
• create increased dependence of developing countries on the industrialized world

Question 6

GMO Ethical and Moral - pros and cons

Answer 6

Pros:

• increase worlds food supply
• provide better tasting food

Cons:

• May produce unknown effects on animals
• do not require labelling under current legislation of Canada

Question 7

Pandemics

Answer 7

People’s ability to travel further and faster then ever before pose a serious risk of pandemics

Question 8

Early Pandemics

Answer 8

• Black Death

- the Spanish flu