1- Energy and Industry

domingo, 7 de marzo de 2010
Classify:


Animal raw materials: silk,tuna, skin, ivory, wool.
Vegetal raw materials: oil, cotton, milk, wood, tomatoes, resin, rubber, cork.
Mineral: iron,bauxite, gold, coal, granite, diamonds, sulphur, mercury.
Raw: salt.
Materials: cooper, line.



Explain: 


-Shoes: skin
-Chairs: wood, plastic
-Juice: fruit
-Jewels: diamonds
-Keys: iron
-Thermometers: mercury, plastic
-Windows: glass
-Doors: wood, synthetic wood
-Notebooks: wood
-Sweaters: wool
-Oil: olives, sunflower


2- Renewable energy resources.

1- Solar : E
2- Wind : A
3- Tidal : F
4- Geothermal : C
5- Hydro-electric Power : B
6- Biomasa : D




3- The Three Gorges Dam, China.



6- Find Out

1- What is a multinational corporation (MNCs)?
These companies are not only established in its country of origin but also represent other countries to conduct their business activities both sales and purchasing and production in countries where they are established.


2- Write a few lines about its characteristics?
Are able  to expand production and other operations around the world and to mobilize industrial plants from one country to another. The process of mergers and alliances between them, enable them to reach a growing power and influence in the global economy.


3- State the main 5 industrial MNCs and the country they are from.
Wal Mart - USA (Retail sales)ExxonMobil Corporation - United States (oil)Royal Dutch Shell - Netherlands / UK (oil)BP - England (oil)Toyota Motor - Japan (Cars)


4- Could ZARA be a multinational? And Citroën?. Write a brief report about them.
Zara: is a chain of stores belonging to the Spanish fashion INDITEX group founded by Amancio Ortega Gaona. It is the company's flagship chain and is represented in Europe, America, Africa and Asia with 1412 stores in 69 countries, 500 of them in Spain. During 2007 it opened 560 stores across the group. Zara is a very valuable multinational.
Citroën: is a French brand auto manufacturer founded in 1919 by André Citroën. Citroën has always been famous for its cutting edge technology repeatedly revolutionized the automotive world. The brand established in 1934 front wheel drive and include the utility models M, the 2CV, the DS and the CX. Citroën is now part of PSA Peugeot-Citroen. Also highlight their racing vehicles, repeatedly champions of the Paris-Dakar Rally and World Rally WRC. Citroën logo consists of two gallons or spikelets reversed (Chevron) overlapping and are inspired by an invention of André concerning a gear with teeth in a V shape, which surpasses in performance to the level of tooth gears. Citroën: is  a multinational, because there Citroen brand cars worldwide.


5- Try to explain these cartoons:




They are exploiting the trbajadoes.



T-shirts appear to put globalization



In large companies there is a king or a leader who would be in charge.





7- The Song!!

The song goes on climatic change, that people do not realize what we have until we lose and we must begin to value things a lot better and treat them well.