Slide1: 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 HISTORY PANAMA CANAL GOV’TS ECON- OMY CIVICS


100: 100 This is what the letters “GDP” stand for


100 : 100 Gross Domestic Product


200: 200 This hurt the economy of Mexico which resulted in their GDP becoming much smaller than that of the US today


200: 200 The collapse of the oil prices in the 1970s


300: 300 This is the economic effect maquiladoras had when Mexico moved to manufacturing from farming and mining in the 1940’s.


300: 300 Goods produced there helped Mexico’s economy to grow.


400: 400 This is how a country determines their GDP


400: 400 Total up the value of goods and services it produces


500: 500 This is one cause for the slowdown in Mexico’s economy in the 1970s


500: 500 Mexico spent a large amount on money on its government programs


100: 100 This is where the Panama Canal located


100: 100 In the country of Panama


200: 200 In order to avoid disease in the harsh environment, workers did this


200: 200 They took medicine to avoid getting malaria from the mosquitoes


300: 300 This is how the Panama Canal impacts exporters and cruise ships


300: 300 It allows them to save time and money


400: 400 This is what happened to the ports along the southern coast of South America after the Panama Canal was built. .


400: 400 They lost money because everyone was using the Panama Canal.


500: 500 This happened to many plant and animal environments in the area when the Panama Canal was built.


500: 500 The environments of plants and animals were disrupted or destroyed.


100: 100 In this type of government, power is often taken in a sudden and violent way


100: 100 Dictatorship


200: 200 In this type of government, power is usually inherited, or passed down within the family


200: 200 Monarchy


300: 300 This is the type of government Mexico has


300: 300 Presidential Democracy


400: 400 This is the type of democracy the United States has


400: 400 Constitutional Democracy


500: 500 In this type of government, voters elect the Legislative branch, and then the Legislative branch elects the Prime Minister


500: 500 Parliamentary Democracy


100: 100 This is the major crop of the Caribbean


100: 100 Sugar cane


200 : 200 This is the main industry in the Caribbean


200: 200 Tourism


300: 300 This is the major economic impact that the cruises have that travel to the Caribbean


300: 300 Tourists bring money into the countries of the regions.


400: 400 Travel through the Panama Canal has increased pollution which has affected this


400: 400 The environment


500: 500 This event helped commercial farming become an important economic factor in the Caribbean and Central America.


500: 500 The Columbian Exchange.


100: 100 This is what the letters “NAFTA” stand for


100: 100 North America Free Trade Agreement


200: 200 The signing of NAFTA has done this for the three member countries


200: 200 It has increased trade between Canada, the United States, and Mexico


300: 300 To solve conflicts, nations use these


300: 300 Treaties, or trade agreements


400: 400 This is the effect the Columbian Exchange had on Central America


400: 400 It created the commercial farming industries.


500: 500 According to many people, this is what the signing of NAFTA was promised to bring


500: 500 More jobs in Mexico so fewer Mexicans would migrate to the US