Hurry: 1. what policies of ronald reagan and margaret thatcher strained the economy of the soviet union? 2. how has land degradation affected mexican workers? 3. how does orographic precipitation impact the formations of deserts? 4. where would you find the “shanty towns” in a latin american city? how is this different than cities in the united states? 5. what is the european union? what are its goals? 6. what is the common currency used in most countries in the eu? 7. in what ways has the u. s. been involved in mexican and colombian attempts to curtail the illicit drug trade? 8. how will birth rate, fertility and death rate have an impact on the demographic of a country.