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World Statistics
World Averages:HDI: .682Literacy: 88/79%GDP: 12,000Life: 68/72
Chad
• War in Sudan • Janjawiid killed thousands• Humanitarian crisis, with refugees fleeing into Chad
Mexico
• Population of over 100 million• Vibrant traditional culture• “Americanization,” including “big box” stores in the
cities
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Bhutan
• Small, mountainous country• Traditional agricultural lifestyle• Social, medical, and environmental difficulties
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Mexico
• World’s largest Spanish-speaking country• Rapid industrialization• Emerging middle class• Increasing urbanization
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Mongolia
• Sparsely populated• Formerly communist, now democratic• One-third of people are nomadic or semi-nomadic; one-
third live in the capital city
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Japan
• Major changes in the past century• Most people live in urban areas on the coasts• Similarities and differences between Japanese and
American families
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Cuba
• Island country in the Caribbean• Major sugar producer in the 19th century; African slaves• Fidel Castro
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Kuwait
• Small country along the Persian Gulf• Vast petroleum resources• Economy flourished in the 20th century• Severely damaged by 1990 Iraq invasion
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Mali
• Vast mineral resources and cultural wealth• A very poor country• At one time, a very wealthy kingdom• Former French colony
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Samoa
• Formerly called Western Samoa• Traditional culture with some modernization• Christianity
HDI: .688(99)Lit. 99%Life 73GDP: 6,000
Mali
• No fast-food chains or supermarkets
• Almost no modern conveniences
• Women and children do the housework and cooking
Germany
• High standard of living
• Two separate countries until 1990
• Economic disparities persist between the East and the West
China
• Rapidly urbanizing, but still very agricultural• Many villagers enjoy some modern
conveniences