40 points to the people who answer this the tampa port authority is one of the largest ports in florida. it has been given the designation of special purpose district by the local government in order to increase efficiency. why are special purpose districts created? to handle state disputes to regulate major waterways to process imported goods from other countries to provide a specific, limited objective

Where did the term “iron curtain” originate? the warsaw pact used the term iron curtain as a code word for communism. in a 1946 speech, british prime minister winston churchill said an iron curtain had fallen across the continent of europe. while visiting western europe in 1946, u.s. president harry truman commented that the mountains there looked like iron curtains. russian general secretary joseph stalin instructed citizens of eastern europe to hang iron curtains over their windows to protect themselves from stray bullets.