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| The impression that distances between two locations have decreased because of the advances in communications and transportation systems. |
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| the impression that the distance between two points has increased |
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| One of the results of all the technological changes that have taken place during the creation of the global village has been the growing gap between rich and poor people around the world. |
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| The term applied to the great discripancy between the wealthiest and poorest nations of the world. The wealthiest nations are found mostly in the Northern hemisphere. |
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