Contemporary Word : NAFTA

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Contemporary Word NAFTA

• By Vlad Martin and Allyson Suria

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• Definition of NAFTA
• North America Free Trade Agreement
• Began in January 1st, 1994.
• Removes barriers of trade between Canada, the
  U.S, and Mexico.
• Because of frequent trade between these nations.
• Examples of this word
• American, Canadian, and Mexican agricultural
  exports rise after the creation of NAFTA.
• Consumer goods sold to Canada account for a
  record three-fourths of U.S sales because of lack
  of tariffs.
• Goods originating outside of North America have
  to be transformed and processed in North America,
  then sold.

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• Bibliography
• http//www.fas.usda.gov/info/factsheets/NAFTA.asp
• http//www.ustr.gov/trade-agreements/free-trade-ag
  reements/north-american-free-trade-agreement-nafta
  
• http//thesantosrepublic.com/2009/02/nafta-learnin
  g-to-love-thy-neighbor/

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Proliferation

• By Narankhuu Ganbaatar and Susan Sabatier

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Proliferation

• Rapid and often excessive growth or increase
• Fears that nuclear weapons will proliferate is
  widespread across many countries.
• The smaller mushrooms are outside the 5 specified
  nuclear weapon states.

These mushroom show the rapid increase in nuclear
weapons that each of these respective countries
have.
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Proliferation

• Nuclear proliferation is shown in the picture to
  the right when one country declared nuclear
  testing then the others followed.
• Nuclear proliferation is greatly opposed which
  started immediately after World War II.

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Bibliography

• http//dictionary.reference.com/browse/proliferati
  on
• http//media.nowpublic.net/images//6d/c/6dcc14cf0f
  b144ac5c3d5542adb6fc67.jpg
• http//www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/wp-content/upl
  oads/2009/05/nuclear-proliferation-1.jpg
• http//belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/topic/3/nuclea
  r_proliferation.html

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Refugee

• Definition person who leaves their country for
  safety
• Examples
• 1- Libyans fled to Egypt and Tunisia
• 2- Jews fled Germany during the Holocaust

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Pictures

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Bibliography

• http//dictionary.reference.com/browse/refugee
• http//www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2011/05
  05/686-000-Libya-refugees-flee-to-Egypt-Tunisia

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International Monetary FundIMF

• Secure financial stability
• Organize international trade
• Promote high employment
• Lower poverty
• Support economic growth
• Founded to avoid future Great Depression

• Cyrus M Anna S

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Examples

• 2006- brought together China, European countries,
  Japan, Saudi Arabia, and the United States to
  talk about global recessions
• 2008-2009 lent 60 billion to developing
  countries affected by the global recession

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Bibliography

• http//www.imf.org/external/
• http//www.google.com/imgres?imgurlhttp//www.wes
  tmonster.com/IMF2520logo.gifimgrefurlhttp//www
  .westmonster.com/IMF2520logo.htmlusg__l1swsKEl6
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1. Corporation functioning in more than one
country
Multinational Corporations
By David Shirzad and Kate Grumbles

• 2. Manages and delivers products all over
  world
• 3. Employees work internationally

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Examples

• McDonalds
• Goldman Sachs
• Subaru
• Adidas
• Nike
• Kentucky Fried Chicken
• Disney

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Bibliography

• http//uhaweb.hartford.edu/hdolan/home.html
• http//www2.econ.iastate.edu/classes/econ355/choi/
  mnc.htm
• http//kfcsecretrecipes.blogspot.com/2009/05/kfc-c
  oleslaw-recipe.html
• http//www.yciarch.com/clients/
• http//www.quintron.com/sec_data.php

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Yom Kippur War
By Clydefrog Katzenberger and Ramona Rubalcava

• The nations Egypt and Syria, lead by Egyptian
  President Anwar Sadat launched a surprise attack
  on October 6th, during the Jewish holiday Yom
  Kippur. Israel was attacked because they refused
  to give back the territories it had taken in
  1967.

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Historical Facts

• On the Golan Heights Israel only had around 180
  tanks while Egypt had close to 1,400 tanks
• On the Suez Canal Israel had around 400 foot
  soldiers while Egypt has around 80,000

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Bibliography

• http//www.jodyharmon.com/militaryart/israeli20sh
  erman.jpg tank picture
• http//www.mfa.gov.il/NR/rdonlyres/05A6856F-6C08-4
  27E-8D04-F8BEDB8D2385/0/MFAG007t0.gif - map
  picture
• http//www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Histor
  y/73_War.html - information for text

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Globalization

• By Dellie C. and Jhonn G.

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Definition

• Globalization to expand worldwide, is the
  process by which a company expands to operate
  internationally.
• Clothing English Food
  Auto industry
• language

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Bibliography

• http//www.grooveeffect.com/post/012507-nolita-clo
  thing---come-as-you-are.php
• http//soe.ucdavis.edu/ss0809/BussC/
• http//consumerist.com/2009/04/japan-crazy-for-ban
  anas-gets-crazy-bananaman-commercials.html
• http//dictionary.reference.com/browse/globalizati
  on
• http//www.autotechreport.com/car-news/auto-indust
  ry-stability-uncertain/

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The European Union

• By Gavin Obrist
• and Cailin Ramsey

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• Definition A regional economic agreement among
  27 countries.
• They have their own military and police to
  enforce peacekeeping
• They adopted a common currency and abolished
  trade barriers internally

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Terrorism

• By Michelle Vu and Hunter Hipschen

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Terrorism

• Definition Using violence and threats to achieve
  a goal.
• Example 1 Al Qaeda bombed the
• Twin Towers on September 11th, 2001, to strike a
  blow against western influences in the Middle
  East
• Example 2 In 1996 the
• Irish Republican Army set
• off a car bomb in downtown
• Manchester, England, to fight back
• against English occupation of Ireland

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Bibliography

• http//www.publicsafety.ohio.gov/NPM/ReadyForTerro
  rism.stm
• http//bermudaradical.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/fir
  st-as-tragedy-an-assessment-of-the-irish-revolutio
  nary-left/