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How to combat modern slavery.Ted talks Kevin Bales:Key words: slavery, economic, destitute, vulnerable, commodity, liberation, economicautonomy,

Sustainable freedom, heredity slavery

Listen to the talk and answer the following questions:1. What made this man sit up and listen about modern day slavery?

A brochure he was given by someone in London.

2.What are slave based businesses? What are the benefits?

People do the slave based businesses because it is an economic crime. They do it for

profits (gain money) Slave based businesses are businesses that resolve around slaves and

child laborers.

3. What are modern day slaves?

Modern day slaves are people who work that is treated badly and is given no money at all

for wages along with put into a dangerous situation4. Where is modern day slavery happening?

All over the world except for Greenland and Iceland. Mostly in Southeast Asia

5. How many people were there in slavery during 2010?

There were about 27 million slaves in the world.

6. What are some of the reasons behind modern day slavery?

Some of the reasons behind modern day slavery are because of corruption; born to be a

slave, increase of vulnerable people and etc.

7. What is the average price of a slave today?

The average price was $90.

8. Where are slaves: More expensive?

North America -$3000(developed place)

Less expensive? Nepal and India -$5(less developed place) Why do you think this?

Because Nepal and India, there are more people in the country.

9. How can we combat modern day slavery?

We can combat modern day slavery by checking who and how the product are made

before buying them

10. What is liberation?

Liberation is when someone has the freedom to their rights

11. How much does it cost to free slavery?

$10.8 billion

Are you willing to live in a world with slavery? Why/Why not?

Yes I am willing to. Why? Because I cannot stand the mistreated people to

be more mistreated.

Summarise the key points

-MODERN DAY SLAVERY

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-Children, men, woman, factories, domestic,

-27 million slaves today

-Corruption, heredity, increase of vulnerable people and increase of population

-Average price is $90, $400 for giving liberation and $10.8 billion to release every slave in

the world today.

-North America, most expensive area for selling slaves, Nepal and India, less expensive

area for selling slaves.

-Liberation: the right to be free and has rights in life

How reliable is this information? (Source reliability)

Who wrote this article?Kevin Bales wrote the article

Who is their audience?Their audience is educated people and people who are aware of slavery in the modern

world

Is this a reliable source? Why or why not?This source is reliable because Kevin Bales is an educated person who has a high ranking

among his peers. He has achieved many things and has received many certificates.