we constantly hear about the third world countries. I am mystified as to what the 2nd world must be.
2007-10-27 05:46:50 · 5 answers · asked by Rex V 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
The Second World was those Communist Bloc states allied with the Soviet Union. Obviously, this term is somewhat useless today.
2007-10-27 05:52:11 · answer #1 · answered by Don Adriano 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A world war is a war affecting the majority of the world's major nations. World wars usually span multiple continents, and are devastating.
The term has usually been applied to two conflicts of unprecedented scale and slaughter that occurred during the 20th century. They were the First World War, also known as the Great War (1914–1918) and the Second World War (1939–1945).
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2007-10-27 05:50:57 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The first world is america ,western europe,australia...
The second world was the Soviet Union and countries orbiting it( eastern europe).
The third world is the rest of the world.
This classification was made on income per capita.
2007-10-27 05:59:36 · answer #3 · answered by jammal 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Communist countries, who were viewed as not as good as the capitalist west - but still better than the third world.
Pretty pejorative really.
2007-10-27 06:09:54 · answer #4 · answered by Mordent 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it must be a country with a rich government, but a poor population. Kind of like England!
2007-10-27 05:52:19 · answer #5 · answered by Vivi 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋