Global issues

Arms trade

Homophobia

Child labour

Unemployment

Endangered animals

Terrorism

Drought

Global warming

Homelessness

Disease

War

Famine

Poverty

Pollution

Immigration

Floods

Racism

Deforestation

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GLOBAL ISSUES Activities

1.- Write down the global issues you see on the pictures.

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2. According to you, which is the most important global issue of the ones mentioned above?
And the least important? Why?
3. Which are the three most important issues for the world? And for your country?
4. Match 1-8 to a-h.
1)

Famine

a)

This causes the ice at the poles to melt.

2)

Endangered animals

b)

When there isn't enough food.

3)

Global warming

c)

The Polar Bear is one of these.

4)

Homelessness

d)

When people don't have anywhere to live.

5)

Pollution

e)

A prejudice against people of a different race.

6)

Poverty

f)

Damaged caused to the environment.

7)

Racism

g)

When people don't have enough money.

8)

War

h)

A period of fighting between countries.

5. Which global issues are we talking about?

a) About 300,000 people die of malaria every year. About 85% of them are in Africa.
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b) Nearly a third of black and Asian people in the UK say they have experienced discrimination
at school or college. _______________
c) Every 3.6 seconds, somebody dies because they don't have enough food. Three quarters of
these people are children under the age of five. _______________
d) More than 2.8 billion people have to live on less than $2 a day. _______________
e) The stealth bomber is the most expensive military plane in the world. _______________

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