Global+Markets

Global Issues Welcome to our Global Issues Pathfinder.  When using databases, you will need to log in to Moodle to get the user names and passwords. When using ebooks, all you need to do is click on the **Read Online** button to start reading. If you need to print something, just click on the page you want to print and the print button will appear. If you see **(audio)** next to a source, that means you can listen to and read the information.

**Search Terms**

 * Congo AND War
 * Coltan
 * "blood diamonds"
 * Conflict Diamonds
 * cell phones AND recycling
 * waste electronic apparatus

Questions How does trade affect the way people earn their living in regions of the world? What do mobile phones and game consoles have to do with war in the Congo? Getting Started Need some background information? Try this article. [|Blood Mineral] **(audio) (magazine) (password needed)** Try this online encyclopedia article from **CultureGrams**. You'll find out where the Congo and Sierra Leone are located, as well as facts about the history, culture, and people. If you are at home, you will need a password for these articles. [| Congo] [|Sierra Leone]

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Blood Diamonds [|BBC News: Sierra Leone] **(newspaper/website)** [|Hip Hop Documentary Brings Home Clear-Cut Truths about Blood Diamonds] **(website)** [|Blood Diamonds and How to Avoid Buying Illicit Gems] **(magazine/website)** [|How the African Diamond Trade Works] **(website)** [|The High Price of Diamonds] **(audio) (magazine/website)**   media type="youtube" key="gU8j2kG0vSg?fs=1" height="385" width="640"    media type="youtube" key="YFJDWOnm4bc?fs=1" height="385" width="480" Recycling Cell Phones [|Dead Ringers] **(website)** [|E-Waste Reinvented]**(newspaper)**     Coltan   media type="youtube" key="3OWj1ZGn4uM?fs=1" height="385" width="480"   **[|Photos Coltan Mining]**   media type="custom" key="7391407"   media type="custom" key="7391567"