30 Points Name _________________

Due Tuesday, May 27 Period _________________

Score____/30 + ____ bonus

Search for information on the following topics online, in your textbook, or in a recent encyclopedia. The first person to complete this assignment with a perfect score will receive ten extra credit points.

What is a tariff?

What does NAFTA stand for?

Which countries does it include?

What are two (2) of NAFTA’s benefits (or benefits of free trade in general), according to its supporters?

What are two (2) of NAFTA’s drawbacks (or drawbacks of free trade in general), according to its critics?

Who are the Zapatistas?

Who is this group’s leader?

What do the Zapatistas want?

What is a maquiladora?

Where are most maquiladoras located?

"North American Free Trade Agreement"

http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/history/A0835919.html

A balanced description of NAFTA.

"Trade and American Families"

http://www.ustr.gov/new/2001-12-03-tpa-families.htm

Pro-free trade site.

"Money Makes the World Go Round?"

http://www.ustrek.org/odyssey/semester2/042101kids/042101jennaftakids.html

Web page critical of NAFTA.