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International Awareness: Semester 2 Final Exam Review

1) Keywords from the texts: Study the list of words. Listen to the explanations in English.


-(Wangari Maathai)
 'Think globally act locally.'
 a Ph.D
 an ecologist
 Kenya
 desertification
 sustainable development
 GBM
 The Nobel Peace Prize

-(JICA)
 
1974
  1954
  international cooperation
  to share knowledge
  training centers
  two or three years
  technical experience
  ODA
  NGO
  Norway is number one in terms of GNP
  Japan is number 2 in terms of money
  a dam
  'The Green Revolution'
 

-(Aceh, NGOs, aid organizations)
 Aceh
 over 50 organizations helped
 donations highest ever

 MSF
  France
  17,500 people working in over 80 countries

 Greenpeace
  undergrtound nuclear tests
  1000 people working in 41 countries
  The Rainbow Warrior

 UNHCR
 UNICEF
 The Red Cross
 CARE
 The W.H.O.
 The International Medical Corps
 

-(The Kyoto Protocol)
 
greenhouse gasses
 a 5% decrease (the whole world, by 2012)
 a 6% decrease (Japan)
 an 8% decrease (Central and Eastern Europe)
 a 60% decrease (needed to stop global warming)
 an 8% increase (Australia)
 the U.S. (the biggest country that didn't agree)
 Russia (agreed and made The Kyoto Protocol a real law.

2) The Texts: Do you remember them? Read and listen to them again.

3) Essay: Do you have enough information to write the essay?
  Introduce an NGO or aid organization you found by researching on the Internet. Include the information below as much as possible: (100 words)

Name:
Start date:
Place started:
Started by who:
Reason started:
Goals of the group:
Number of countries (areas) working in:
Number of members/staff:
Activities:
Accomplishments:
Events: