Discuss The Impact Of Globalization On North America
North America, The Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America
There are few regions in the world, if any, that have not been profoundly affected by globalization. Globalization has changed the landscape of human activity and life, in ways that have been both beneficial and devastating. The regions covered in this module, North America, the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America all have changed dramatically through globalization. These regions are all vastly different, not only from each other, but from within themselves. The regions have largely different demographics (possibly with the exception of religion*), the quality of life in each region is radically different, and the effects of globalization and environmental …show more content…
Although the wealthiest of the regions considered here, North America struggles with many of the same issues as the others. The United States has struggled with environmental problems including deforestation (Huffstutter), and it has also
*This is assuming that Catholicism is put under an umbrella of Christianity, and with an exception to the Muslim dominated Northern regions of Africa. contributed to as well as suffered the consequences of global warming (Rowntree 80). Deforestation issues are of growing concern I the California Red Wood forests, where there is large scale forest clearing (Sahagun). Like Latin America, the United States and Canada have seen a high increase in urbanization. Like most of the other regions covered, the majority of North American population there relatively recently and there are few remaining native cultures.
While Latin America still has a strong Native Indian presence in many countries, the United States has few remaining American Indians (Rowntree 86). Unlike the Caribbean and Latin America, who struggle with emigration, the United States has a highly immigrant culture, which has vastly changed its landscape. While many immigrants come to North America to escape impoverishment, it shares a growing and large gap between the wealthy and the poor (Rowntree …show more content…
The extent to which the benefit of globalization has profited other regions is also diminished in Sub-Saharan Africa. While there are countries and areas in Africa that are growing enormously, many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are in crisis. The end of colonialism left regions divided and in disarray. The economy in Sub-Saharan Africa and the GDP of its countries are among the lowest in the world (Rowntree 264). Many areas in the region, the Democractic Republic of the Congo especially, have enormous promise in their vast natural resources, but lack the stability to create a strong economy. While aid from North American and some wealthy Latin American countries link the regions, the aid to Sub-Saharan Africa has often yielded little help or change to the area (Rowntree 269). One of the most striking differences between the other regions and Sub-Saharan Africa is its ancient population. While a majority of the African population is natively and ethnically African, most of the peoples in the other regions covered were relatively recent immigrants (within the past 400
There are few regions in the world, if any, that have not been profoundly affected by globalization. Globalization has changed the landscape of human activity and life, in ways that have been both beneficial and devastating. The regions covered in this module, North America, the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America all have changed dramatically through globalization. These regions are all vastly different, not only from each other, but from within themselves. The regions have largely different demographics (possibly with the exception of religion*), the quality of life in each region is radically different, and the effects of globalization and environmental …show more content…
Although the wealthiest of the regions considered here, North America struggles with many of the same issues as the others. The United States has struggled with environmental problems including deforestation (Huffstutter), and it has also
*This is assuming that Catholicism is put under an umbrella of Christianity, and with an exception to the Muslim dominated Northern regions of Africa. contributed to as well as suffered the consequences of global warming (Rowntree 80). Deforestation issues are of growing concern I the California Red Wood forests, where there is large scale forest clearing (Sahagun). Like Latin America, the United States and Canada have seen a high increase in urbanization. Like most of the other regions covered, the majority of North American population there relatively recently and there are few remaining native cultures.
While Latin America still has a strong Native Indian presence in many countries, the United States has few remaining American Indians (Rowntree 86). Unlike the Caribbean and Latin America, who struggle with emigration, the United States has a highly immigrant culture, which has vastly changed its landscape. While many immigrants come to North America to escape impoverishment, it shares a growing and large gap between the wealthy and the poor (Rowntree …show more content…
The extent to which the benefit of globalization has profited other regions is also diminished in Sub-Saharan Africa. While there are countries and areas in Africa that are growing enormously, many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa are in crisis. The end of colonialism left regions divided and in disarray. The economy in Sub-Saharan Africa and the GDP of its countries are among the lowest in the world (Rowntree 264). Many areas in the region, the Democractic Republic of the Congo especially, have enormous promise in their vast natural resources, but lack the stability to create a strong economy. While aid from North American and some wealthy Latin American countries link the regions, the aid to Sub-Saharan Africa has often yielded little help or change to the area (Rowntree 269). One of the most striking differences between the other regions and Sub-Saharan Africa is its ancient population. While a majority of the African population is natively and ethnically African, most of the peoples in the other regions covered were relatively recent immigrants (within the past 400