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Contemporary Word : NAFTA

Contemporary Word : NAFTA. By: Vlad Martin and Allyson Suria. Definition of NAFTA: North America Free Trade Agreement Began in January 1 st , 1994. Removes barriers of trade between Canada, the U.S, and Mexico. Because of frequent trade between these nations. Examples of this word:

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Contemporary Word : NAFTA

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  1. Contemporary Word : NAFTA By: Vlad Martin and Allyson Suria

  2. 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.

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

  4. Proliferation By Narankhuu Ganbaatar and Susan Sabatier

  5. 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.

  6. 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.

  7. Bibliography • http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/proliferation • http://media.nowpublic.net/images//6d/c/6dcc14cf0fb144ac5c3d5542adb6fc67.jpg • http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/nuclear-proliferation-1.jpg • http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/topic/3/nuclear_proliferation.html

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

  9. Pictures

  10. Bibliography • http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/refugee • http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2011/0505/686-000-Libya-refugees-flee-to-Egypt-Tunisia

  11. International Monetary FundIMF Cyrus M & Anna S • Secure financial stability • Organize international trade • Promote high employment • Lower poverty • Support economic growth • Founded to avoid future Great Depression

  12. 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

  13. Bibliography http://www.imf.org/external/ http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.westmonster.com/IMF%2520logo.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.westmonster.com/IMF%2520logo.html&usg=__l1swsKEl6FO0PLFRvVvesgecHlg=&h=403&w=408&sz=8&hl=en&start=0&sig2=PmXZpQemVgx6le4t1rAYaw&zoom=1&tbnid=XrjiK74UwkPBxM:&tbnh=155&tbnw=157&ei=1abVTcOVA8fEgQer6_GMBw&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dimf%2Blogo%26hl%3Den%26biw%3D1276%26bih%3D836%26gbv%3D2%26tbm%3Disch&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=94&sqi=2&page=1&ndsp=25&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0&tx=97&ty=75

  14. Multinational Corporations By: David Shirzad and Kate Grumbles 1. Corporation functioning in more than one country 2. Manages and delivers products all over world 3. Employees work internationally

  15. Examples • McDonalds • Goldman Sachs • Subaru • Adidas • Nike • Kentucky Fried Chicken • Disney

  16. 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-coleslaw-recipe.html • http://www.yciarch.com/clients/ • http://www.quintron.com/sec_data.php

  17. By Clydefrog Katzenberger and Ramona Rubalcava Yom Kippur War 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.

  18. 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

  19. Bibliography • http://www.jodyharmon.com/militaryart/israeli%20sherman.jpg – tank picture • http://www.mfa.gov.il/NR/rdonlyres/05A6856F-6C08-427E-8D04-F8BEDB8D2385/0/MFAG007t0.gif - map picture • http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/73_War.html - information for text

  20. Globalization By Dellie C. and Jhonn G.

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

  22. Bibliography • http://www.grooveeffect.com/post/012507-nolita-clothing---come-as-you-are.php • http://soe.ucdavis.edu/ss0809/BussC/ • http://consumerist.com/2009/04/japan-crazy-for-bananas-gets-crazy-bananaman-commercials.html • http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/globalization • http://www.autotechreport.com/car-news/auto-industry-stability-uncertain/

  23. The European Union By Gavin Obrist and Cailin Ramsey

  24. 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

  25. Terrorism By: Michelle Vu and Hunter Hipschen

  26. 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

  27. Bibliography • http://www.publicsafety.ohio.gov/NPM/ReadyForTerrorism.stm • http://bermudaradical.wordpress.com/2010/11/04/first-as-tragedy-an-assessment-of-the-irish-revolutionary-left/

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