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Chapter 20 The Global Community Climate Change • The topic of climate change has recently become a major point of discussion • Al Gore has written books and produced movies on the issue of global warming which insists that the actions of humanity are causing the earth to become warmer Free Trade Areas • To increase trade, free trade areas exist in many regions • Some areas have developed a single market which allows states to trade with one another without restriction • The European Union is an economical and political alliance of nearly 30 European countries • Many of the members have made the euro their common currency Single Market • Other regions have followed Europe’s lead. • The Central American Common Market was formed in the 1960’s to encourage trade • Some West African states formed the West African Economic and Monetary Union which uses the CFA franc Stem Cell Research • Supporters of this research often use embryonic stem cells for research • Opponents of this form of research encourage the use of adult stem cells instead Rise of Terrorist States • Saddam Hussein was the leader of Iraq and massacred hundreds of thousands of his own people • His actions caused the US to send troops over two separate times • Afghanistan came under the control of the Taliban which was protecting Osama bin Laden and his terrorist network, al Qaeda Growth of Islam • The Wahhabist movement has spread in Middle Eastern countries and is responsible for spreading terrorism • They also encourage the building of madrassas, Muslim religious schools that teach fundamentalism Spread of Christianity • Christianity is spreading the quickest in an area known as the global south, made up of Latin America, India, China and Africa • With the spread of Christianity, persecution has also increased • Wang Mingdao, a Chinese Christian spent nearly 25 years in prison for his beliefs and teaching