BLOOD DIAMONDS
Use this link for the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaqQjIzIbiY
1. What are “blood” diamonds used for? Why is their trade hard to stop?
Diamonds that are used to fuel violent conflict and human rights abuses
The trade is hard to stop because they are illegally smuggled and passed off as real when they get over to the us.a handful of diamonds can be enough money to fund a terrorist group.
2. Which countries are responsible for mining “blood” diamonds? (mark map)
3. “Blood” diamonds are also referred to as
A blood diamond (also called a conflict diamond, converted diamond, hot diamond, or war diamond)
4. What is being done to curtail the spread “blood” diamonds? What difficulties face this process? in 2003, the government-run Kimberley Process scheme was launched to stop the trade in conflict diamonds. Over seventy governments taking part in the process are required to certify that diamond shipments through their countries are conflict-free, and they are required to set up diamond control systems to ensure this is true. The diamond industry agreed to police itself to support the Kimberley Process by tracking diamonds from mines all the way to retail stores
Chapter 7-Culture. What is the population of Sri Lanka? What religion(s) are represented in Sri Lanka and what language do Sri Lankans speak? Answer the same questions for India too. You might want to check the CIA Factbook...don't guess! Don't email back the discussion...you'll turn it in next Tuesday.
Sri lanka 20.33 million buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, and Christianity sinahana language
1.237 billion indina
Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism.
Hindi language