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Chapter 18: Mapping the Third World |
In this chapter you learned that many Third World countries
were at one time colonies. For centuries western European countries
colonized land in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. The effects
of colonization are deep and lasting, and Third World countries
present those of us of the First World with a difficult reality—fully
three-quarters of the world's population lives in conditions
we would find appalling.
Learn more about colonization and colonialism by visiting
www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/colonialism.
Explore the various links, and be sure to click on "List
of extinct countries, empires, etc." at the bottom of
the screen. On poster board create a map of the world on which
you color Third World countries the same color as the countries
that colonized them. For example, Mexico was once a colony
of Spain, so on your map they would be the same color. Explain
any differences between yours and your classmates' maps.
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