Lesson 35 of 84 · Global Economy
⭐ 30 XP⚓ Market PortGlobal Goals: Sustainable Development
The UN Sustainable Development Goals are 17 targets — including ending poverty, ensuring clean water, and fighting climate change — that countries work toward by 2030 to build a better world.
🎯 Your mission
Spot the cost behind the price.
⚡ The twist
Trade isn't just stuff — it's ideas, words, and germs.
Mind = Blown
🤯 The first stock exchange was in Amsterdam in 1602 — for spices.
Then & Now
💱 This is happening in your local store every single day.
The UN Sustainable Development Goals are 17 targets — including ending poverty, ensuring clean water, and fighting climate change — that countries work toward by 2030 to build a better world.
Key Facts
Over 100 million people are displaced worldwide.
About 7,000 languages are spoken on Earth.
The UN has 17 Sustainable Development Goals.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 2What document outlines fundamental human rights for all people?
Why this still matters
The next time you spend $1, ask: who else benefited besides you?
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Find two products that look similar but cost very different. Why?
For the dinner table
“If you had $20 to start a business, what would you sell?”
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