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HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY ACTIVITIES

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GEOGRAPHY AND THE WORLD

Guided Reading Activity 4

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THE WORLD’S PEOPLE

Technology “Shrinks” the World

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DIRECTIONS: Filling in the Blanks Reading the section and completing

the sentences below will help you learn more about how the world’s people are

being brought closer together. Refer to your textbook to fill in the blanks.

The world’s people have been brought closer together with

(1) . (2) speed

workers from city to city. People can move from one continent to another in just a few

hours by using (3) . News can be

broadcast live to the entire world through the use of (4)

. Millions of people today use the (5) to

exchange mail, shop, do research, exchange photographs, and more. Two important

inventions made this global network possible—the (6) and the

(7) .

Being concerned with the public affairs of a community is

(8) . Citizens in a democracy like the

United States have (9) , which are benefits and protections

guaranteed by law. You also have (10) , which are duties that

you owe other citizens and the government. For example, you have a duty to respect the

(11) and (12) of others.

(13) is when countries depend on one another for

goods, raw materials to make goods, and markets in which to sell goods. Many people

believe that (14) , which is the development of a world culture

and an interdependent economy, might erase traditions and customs of certain groups

of people. A big issue in the world today is to make products, services, and

(15) available to developing countries.