7.1 Global Issues

• Global issues are significant problems that affect the entire world
• Climate change is caused primarily by the burning of fossil fuels.
• What is the state of lacking sufficient money to meet basic needs called?

  Poverty
• Pollution refers to the contamination of air, water, and soil
• Match the type of global issue with its key concern:

  Environmental ↔️ Climate Change

  Social ↔️ Poverty

  Economic ↔️ Global Debt

  Political ↔️ Conflict
• What does deforestation lead to in ecosystems?

  Ecosystem degradation
• Poverty is the lack of basic needs such as food and housing
• Trade imbalances occur when exports and imports are disproportionate.
• What is the abuse of power for personal gain called?

  Corruption
• Arrange the key environmental, social, and economic challenges in order:

  1️⃣ Climate Change

  2️⃣ Poverty

  3️⃣ Pollution
• What is the formula for the Pollution Index?

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• Global issues require international cooperation to address.
• Match the issue type with a related problem:

  Social ↔️ Healthcare Access

  Economic ↔️ Unemployment

  Political ↔️ Human Rights Violations
• Deforestation refers to the loss of forests and ecosystem degradation
• What is an example of a political global issue?

  Conflict
• What is the German term for "climate change"?

  Klimawandel
• Umweltverschmutzung is the German term for environmental pollution
• Korruption untergräbt das Vertrauen in die Regierung.
• Der Klimawandel bedroht unseren Planeten.
• What do you need to discuss global issues in German?

  Key vocabulary
• Klimawandel translates to climate
• Der Klimawandel bedroht unseren Planeten.
• What is the English translation of Armut?

  Poverty
• Umweltverschmutzung translates to environmental pollution
• Which global issue leads to social tensions according to the example sentence?

  Ungleichheit
• Korruption undermines trust in the government
• Klimawandel is a threat to our planet.
• Match the German phrase with its English translation:

  Klimawandel ↔️ Climate change

  Armut ↔️ Poverty

  Umweltverschmutzung ↔️ Environmental pollution

  Ungleichheit ↔️ Inequality
• What are the consequences of burning fossil fuels and deforestation?

  Climate change, biodiversity loss
• The inequality ratio is calculated as top 10% income divided by bottom 40% income.
• Global issues require international cooperation.
• Match the issue type with its description:

  Environmental ↔️ Climate change, pollution

  Social ↔️ Inequality, lack of healthcare

  Economic ↔️ Debt, trade imbalances

  Political ↔️ Corruption, conflict
• Global issues can be categorized into environmental, social, economic, and political
• Match the environmental issue with its description:

  Climate Change ↔️ Rising temperatures, extreme weather events

  Deforestation ↔️ Loss of forests, ecosystem degradation

  Pollution ↔️ Air, water, and soil contamination
• Poverty is a social issue characterized by a lack of basic needs like food and housing
• Inequality refers to unequal access to opportunities and resources.
• Match the economic issue with its description:

  Global Debt ↔️ Unsustainable levels of borrowing by countries

  Trade Imbalances ↔️ Disproportionate exports and imports

  Unemployment ↔️ Lack of job opportunities
• Conflict is a political issue characterized by armed disputes between countries or groups
• Rising temperatures and extreme weather events are key issues related to climate change.
• What are the four categories into which global issues can be classified?

  Environmental, social, economic, political