current events summary

the city of dubai is under accusation of an Citi Bank rumor. Citi group is accused of taking money from the oil investments. also, the oil rich countries of the Middle East are starting to invest in places that are not so wealthy. some companies are building places in poorer parts of the world. jordan is hosting iraqis. the cost of this will be somewhere around 2.3 billion dollars. finally syria adn iran created a co-op and had exchanged trade stock

the new project

theme:Assess the effects of geography on the history of civilizations and nations.

standards:

• USII.14 Explain the strength of American isolationism after World War I and analyze its impact on U.S. foreign policy
• USII.18 Analyze the factors that contributed to the Cold War and describe the policy of containment as America’s response to Soviet expansionist policies
  The Truman Doctrine (1947)George Kennan, “The Sources of Soviet Conduct” (1947)
• USII.22 Analyze the causes and consequences of important domestic Cold War trends.

chapters

• chapter 20
• chapter 26
• chapter 27