2007-01-19 15:48:09 · 9 answers · asked by STA-TOW 5 in Social Science ➔ Economics
No, no. There's no "second world."
This expression came about because immigrants to the Americas talked about the "Old World" versus the "New World." But the world that was neither became known as the "Third World."
2007-01-19 16:36:05 · answer #1 · answered by Zowzooma, the Angry Deity 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Check out this website. It lists all the second world countries and gives a definition of second world. :)
2007-01-19 23:52:40 · answer #2 · answered by Jebnifer 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
China, Soviet Russia, and Cuba. It is a term applied to communist nations. Fourth world (if you wanted to know) includes ghettos, where there is absolutely no contact with the rest of the world.
heres a wiki article about 2nd world:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_World
2007-01-19 23:58:34 · answer #3 · answered by vincent c 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The second world is canada and iceland and sweden and finland and russia and china and indonesia and australia and so forth. civilized but still old fashioned.
USA and japan and england are all first world.
2007-01-19 23:52:50 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mexico, Canada and all of South America. And a a whole big chunk of Eastern Europe too.
2007-01-19 23:51:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It used to be used to describe the Soviet Union and countries under its influence.
2007-01-19 23:52:03 · answer #6 · answered by Surely Funke 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
countries like prussia
2007-01-19 23:51:52 · answer #7 · answered by Lucky 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
.... China?
2007-01-19 23:50:52 · answer #8 · answered by T.M.Y. 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/third%20world
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=First%20World
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Second%20World
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Fourth%20World
2007-01-19 23:53:21 · answer #9 · answered by frugernity 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋