Global Issues

Advances in science and technology…

• have solved global problems.

• haven’t solved environmental issues.

• have solved social problems.

Charity organisations like Oxfam try to improve the lives of poor people by…

• teaching local people skills.

• offering them food and shelter.

• protecting them from bad weather.

Homelessness is a problem that can be found…

• in rich countries

• in a lot of countries.

• in poor countries.

Governments and charities help the homeless by…

• finding them work.

• leaving them on the streets.

• building shelters for them.

In a lot of countries, economic problems have caused people…

• to have no self-confidence.

• to get more job training.

• to become unemployed.

Our planet’s air, water and soil are polluted by...

• dying ecosystems.

• toxic chemicals.

• modern households.