Why do they call poor countries third world?

Answer 1

during the cold war,
the first world was the "developed" capitalistic countries: US, Canada, western Europe, Isael, Japan, Australia and maybe a few other places.
the second world was the Communist Bloc ("developed" but not capitalist): Eastern Europe, Russia, China, N. Korea, Cuba and a few others.
thus the third world (usually called "developing countries" or "less developed countries" today) were the other nations.

the term Fourth World has also arisen to describe marginalized aboriginal peoples within "developed" nations.

Answer 2

The West was the First World
The Communist World the 2nd World
the Developing( economically less than the West,most of the Southern Hemisphere countries and many in the Northern in the 1950s-1980s)) World that was not in the Communist Sphere or part of the Westwas called the Third World
now it is often called the Two-Thirds World

Answer 3

There is no official record that "third world countries" are uncivilized. There may be a wrong perception. "Third world countries are also called "countries in development" because they are lacking technology and most of the time natural and human resources. Third World Countries, -Non aligned states-were those not in agreement with the USSR or USA during the cold war era

Answer 4

Because they could not participate in the first and the second
world wars the third world war will start by the third world countries.

Answer 5

I think Europe is Old world. The Americas are the New World, so the un-developed countries are the third world. This is just a guess.

Answer 6

It referred originally to the group of developing nations, esp. of Asia and Africa, that did not align themselves with the policies of either the U.S. or the former Soviet Union.

Answer 7

dont know, but some are sooo beautiful wouldnt mind visiting all the time.

Answer 8

I don't know but I've been to a couple....I wonder what 1st and 2nd look like!

Answer 9

Where does Antarctica rank on that list?