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AP U.S. History 2.2 Period 9: 1980-Present. Trade within North America, compared to U.S. trade with the Middle East, has been...what?
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the interplanetary alien exchange system.
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[ oo-ee-oo ]
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All right, take a look at this excerpt.
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[ mumbles ]
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Trade within North America, compared to U.S. trade with the Middle East,
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has been... what?
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And here are your potential answers.
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[ mumbles ]
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[ mumbling continues ] All right.
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First up, let's figure out the difference between
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trade within North America and U.S. trade with the Middle East.
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If you look at the excerpt,
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NAFTA increased volumes of trade and investment
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within North America.
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That's some big business right there.
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Now think about U.S. trade with the Middle East.
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We know that region is rich with oil,
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and since the U.S. has an age-old affair with fossil fuels,
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that exchange is probably a bit stickier.
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Let's see which answer can best describe these differences.
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Compared to U.S. trade with the Middle East,
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has trade within North America been A -
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relatively more strained due to disagreements about the terms of NAFTA?
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Well, based on our thinking above, trade within North America
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is definitely less strained than
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that of the Middle East. You know, good neighbors and all.
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So that takes down A and B.
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Has trade within North America been C -
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relatively less strained due to ongoing conflict
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between Canada and Saudi Arabia?
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Hmm. Canada doesn't have any specific
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conflict with Saudi Arabia that we know about.
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Which means that, compared to U.S. trade with the Middle East,
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trade within North America has been D -
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relatively less strained due to U.S. dependence on fossil fuels.
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Fossil fuels may be hundreds of millions of years old,
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but they still impact our lives today in a very real way.
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U.S. dependence on fossil fuels has been a sore subject
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for many reasons, a major one being that it made the U.S.
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dependent on foreign trade, especially with the oil-rich Middle East.
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So D is the right answer.
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In the last few years though, domestic fuel production
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has increased dramatically, lessening U.S.
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dependence on foreign oil. Talk about a gas problem.
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[ chuckles ]
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[ hissing ]
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