Chapter 30 assessment 1. Vocab a. Ho Chi Minh i. Leader of Indochinese communist party ii. Banned from Vietnam iii. Help Vietnam get independence from USSR b. Ngo Dinh Diem iv. Anti-Communist v. President of South Vietnam c. Vietcong vi. South Vietnamese Communists vii. Fought against the government of South Vietnam in the Vietnam War d. William Westmoreland viii. American commander in
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Texas‚ there are more indications of maquiladoras because this area in Texas is heavily populated and there is an increased demand for the products that are being shipped from Mexico into the United States at ease. The largest indication lies on the Gulf of Mexico coast of both Mexico and the most southern part of the United States. This is due to the fact that supplies are being imported to the local port‚ and are processed nearby to prevent high costs. C. Globalization in the industrial organizations
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Scheffler: Rebus Sic Stantibus THE POLITICIZATION AND DEATH OF REBUS SIC STANTIBUS Since 1968‚ the countries comprising the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)‚ and particularly those bordering the Persian/Arabian Gulf‚ have been moving toward a markedly different view of their mineral resources. With the recent oil embargo and the concomitant use of petroleum as a "weapon‚" the transformation is complete; the States involved now consider their natural resources to be a political
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their historical average.” (“Bull market”‚ n.d.) Background The Kuwait stock market started operating soon after its independence from the British in 1961 (Hassan‚ Al-Sultan‚ and Al-Saleem‚ 2003‚ p. 7). In the late 1970s people in the Persian Gulf countries became very wealthy due to the rise of the oil prices. Kuwait received a large share of the fortune (Veneroso Associates‚ 1998). Kuwait came into a bull market as new rich Kuwaitis turned to the stock markets to store their wealth (“Kuwait
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THE DUBAI PALMS: CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES ETHAN POLIE In the late twentieth century‚ the Middle Eastern nation of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) began to make plans to distance itself from the petroleum industry that dominates most of the Persia. Driven by the fact that internal experts believe the country’s oil reserves will be depleted by the year 2012‚ the UAE is attempting to transition to a service industry‚ with a major focus on tourism‚ retail‚ and entertainment. In order
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and marine and coastal species. Sadly‚ this spill in its short time has already surpassed the Exxon Valdez. BP ’s Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded on April 20‚ 2010 killing 11 people and had leaked 2.5 million gallons daily of crude oil into the Gulf before BP capped the leak on 060310. Some scientists are saying the estimate is closer to 4 million gallons daily of oil leakage and based on some government estimates more than 140 million gallons of crude have now spewed from the well. This should
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Landmark Holiday Beach Resort where you spend your annual vacation without breaking your vacation budget. Located right on the warm‚ Gulf waters‚ you are two steps from the white sand beach and have easy access to all the activities and adventures in the area. Panama City has a Marine Park and Arts District and you are close to Ripley’s Believe It or Not‚ water parks‚ the Gulf World Marine Park where you can swim with dolphins or have fun getting lost in the Grand Maze at Coconut Creek. This is one of
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Hurricane Katrina Hurricanes start off as tropical depressions (centres of low atmospheric pressure) over tropical oceans. Three things must happen for a hurricane to form. A continuous evaporation and condensation cycle must take place; there must also be patterns of winds that are characterized by the converging winds‚ and a difference in air pressure between the surface and high altitude. In the warm waters of the eastern Atlantic‚ water vapour rises from the ocean and then cools forming clouds
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Iraq-Kuwait War‚ was a major conflict between the Republic of Iraq and the State of Kuwait‚ which resulted in the seven-month long Iraqi occupation of Kuwait‚ which subsequently led to direct military intervention by United States-led forces in the Gulf War. [edit] Dispute over the financial debt Kuwait had heavily funded the 8 year long Iraqi war against Iran. By the time the war ended‚ Iraq was not in a financial position to repay the $14 billion it borrowed from Kuwait to finance its war
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Background The British Petroleum Oil Spill incident is the largest in history that raises various issue environmental and ethical issues. On 20th of April 2010‚ an explosion of the drilling rig caused the oil spill close to the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico‚ in which 11 employees were killed. It took around five months for the oil well to exert no further risk and be concealed‚ where many controversies arose throughout the period. BBC‚ 2010. Timeline: BP Oil Spill. BBC. Viewed 27/08/12. http://www
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