1. American Foreign Policy Isolationism and Globalization

2. Modern Day Changes • American foreign policy, immigration, environmental policies and world health affect people both in the US and in other countries • Foreign Policy • Immigration • Global Environment • World Health

3. Foreign Policy • American dependence on oil • Oil is primarily found in the Middle East • American dependence on global trade • America depends on trade with other countries • American war on terrorism • Since Sept. 11, American soldiers have been in the Middle East

4. Immigration The US has a new pattern of immigration More people want to immigrate than are allowed by law

5. Global Environment • We have policies to protect the environment • Kyoto Protocol • Global Climate Change • An Inconvenient Truth • Global Warming • Conservation of water and other resources • Water conservation • Hybrid cars

6. World Health • Global Pandemics • Pandemic – disease that spreads through human populations across a large area • Swine Flu • Malaria