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Choose ONE of the following economic institutions and answer questions about them using the internet:

1. The International Monetary Fund (IMF)

2. The World Bank

3. The World Trade Organization

1. When was this organization founded?  -July 1944

2. Where is its headquarters? -Washington DC

3. What is the goal of the organization? (Do NOT copy/paste the mission statement- summarize in your own words!)-To end generational poverty and increase shared prosperity

4. Is the United States involved in this organization? If so, how? If not, why not? -Yes, largest shareholder of the World Bank today.

5. Are there any controversies surrounding this organization? If so, summarize them. - Criticism World bank has received includes, Advocating disability adjusted life years as a health measure.

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Choose ONE of the following trade agreements and answer questions about them using the internet:

1. The European Union

2. NAFTA

3. ASEAN

4. Mercosur

1. When was this trade agreement signed? -1991

2. What countries are involved in this trade agreement? - Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

3. Discuss one controversy about this trade agreement.-Criticism Mercosur received includes, poor transport infrastructure which means they had poor transportation systems

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Choose ONE of the following multinational corporations and summarize a news story in which a multinational company  EITHER a) challenged the authority of a government OR b) is being challenged by a government on the principles and practices associated with free-market economics

Examples of multinational corporations to choose from:

Royal Dutch Shell
Apple
Nestle
CITI Group

Coca-Cola
AT&T
Proctor & Gamble
McDonalds

Microsoft
Exxon Mobil
Delta Airlines

Google
IBM
Johnson & Johnson
L’Oreal

-Coca-Cola charged several foreign affiliates royalties that were too low from 2007 to 2009, which reduced the parent company's U.S. income and resulted in underpayment of its U.S. income taxes by $3.3 billion.

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9.5: Environmental Organizations & Consequences of Globalization

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9.5: Environmental Organizations & Consequences of Globalization

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Choose ONE of the following organizations and answer questions about them using the internet:

1. Greenpeace

2. Green Belt in Kenya

3. Earth Day

1. What is the focus of this organization? (What are they trying to accomplish?) -expose global environmental problems and promote solutions

2. Research and summarize a recent protest they staged. What were they protesting? Where? How did they protest? What was the result? -greenpeace staged a peaceful protest in Germany, protesting against Shell’s plans to abandon an estimated 11,000 tonnes of oil in the sea

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Go to http://www.un.org/en/universal-declaration-human-rights/ and read the declaration

1. Choose the FIVE rights that you think are the most important (this can be the ones that are important to you personally, or the ones you think have the biggest impact on humanity) -Article 3-Article 5-Article 1-Article 13-Article 16

2. Are there any rights on this list that you think should not be guaranteed human rights? If so, why not? Are there any rights that you think SHOULD be on the list, but aren’t? - I think there should be more human rights against judgment

3. Find a right on the list that is not guaranteed by the US government. Why do you think this right is not protected by the US government? -everyone has the right to freedom of thought, because the U.S. can't maintain or  protect our belief and thoughts

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Choose ONE of the following examples of anti-globalization responses to research and answer the questions about them:

1. “Battle of Seattle”

2. Brexit

3. Creation of fair trade companies

4. Advent of locally developed social media platforms (Weibo in China)

1. What happened during this event?/What led these companies to be created? Give some context around the event or creation of a company. -withdrawal process of the United Kingdom from the European Union

2. What type of response is this to globalization? (Think SPICE themes) - Brexit was a rejection of globalization

3. How is this an anti-globalization response?  - the EU lost about one-sixth of its economic power and security policy weight with the exit of a country which has considerable global influence.

4. What happened as a result of this response? - the EU lost about one-sixth of its economic power and security policy weight with the exit of a country which has considerable global influence.

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9.8: International Organizations to Maintain World Peace

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9.8: International Organizations to Maintain World Peace

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Choose ONE of the following international organizations, research them on the internet (start with their official websites), and answer the questions about them:

1. The League of Nations

2. The United Nations

3. The International Criminal Court

1. When was this organization founded?  -October 24, 1945

2. Where is its headquarters? -New York

3. What is the goal of the organization? (Do NOT copy/paste the mission statement- summarize in your own words!) -maintain international peace

4. Is/was the United States involved in this organization? If so, how? If not, why not? -Yes, America is a charter member of the united nations

5. Are there any controversies surrounding this organization? If so, summarize them.  -United Nations has added on new challenges, such as AIDS, big data and climate change.

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Choose one of the humanitarian organizations from the list below, and answer these questions about them:

1. UNICEF

2. The Red Cross

3. Amnesty International

4. Doctors Without Borders (Medicins Sans Frontiers)

5. World Health Organization (WHO)

1. When was this organization founded?-May 21, 1881

2. Where is its headquarters? -Washington D.C.

3. What is/are its main goal(s)? - protect life and health and to ensure respect for any human being.

4. Describe one current/recent issue that this organization has addressed, and how it address(ed) it - help people prepare for emergencies, including our first Federal Charter, Two World Wars, Korea, and Vietnam