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Foreign Trade Global
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. High _______ were one of the primary causes associated w/ the Great __________ - yet the _____ has moved toward ____ trade ever since the
European Union
tariffs - Depression - world - free
nation - nations
World Trade Organization
2. _________ is an expanding problem that ___________ seek to find answer to
gasohol
nations - rate - currencies
markets - free - future
population - governments
3. Absolute _________ means that a country can produce more of a ____ than another country can
humanitarian - political
birth - life - national - education - religion - corruption - war - debt
ASEAN
advantage - good
4. Free _______ believe that all of the protectionists _________ are flawed - due to the restriction that it places on the ________
NAFTA
nations - rate - currencies
traders - arguments - consumer
resources: - oil - natural - coal
5. Free enterprise system w/ some government involvement
population - governments
problems - scale
modified free enterprise economy
gasohol
6. ___________ argue _________ can't be controlled until economic __________ to pollute are removed
exchange - international
dumping
economists - pollution - incentives
population - governments
7. Tax placed on an imported product
hydroelectric - biomass - solar - wind - gasohol
European Union
gasohol
tariff
8. Today there are 1.2 _______ people who make less than $_ a day
GATT - Trade - trade - disputes
economists - pollution - incentives
billion - 1
foreign exchange
9. System under which the value of currencies were fixed in relation to one another
trade surplus
free trade area
fixed exchange rate
birth - life - national - education - religion - corruption - war - debt
10. [FIB] Protectionists support trade barriers on the basis of:
nation - nations
NAFTA
national defense - infant industries - protecting domestic jobs- keeping money at home
exchange - international
11. The value of foreign exchange is determined in foreign ________ markets where __________ are bought & sold
exchange - currencies
protectionists
credits - certificates - ton - atmosphere
humanitarian - political
12. Situation occurring when the value of a nation's exports exceeds the value of its imports
economists - pollution - incentives
modified free enterprise economy
trade surplus
taxes - permits - incentive - pollute
13. If people & _______ specialize in the things they _______ relatively more efficiently - & if they engage in _____ to secure the things they do no produce then total world ______ will increase
dumping
nations - produce - trade - output
protectionists
hydroelectric - biomass - solar - wind - gasohol
14. Person who would protect domestic producers w/ tariffs - quotas - & other trade barriers
protectionists
biomass
taxes - permits - incentive - pollute
capitalism - goals
15. [FIB] barriers to international trade:
floating - flexible - supply - demand - currency
foreign exchange
tariffs - quotas - licensing - health certification - voluntary quotas
NAFTA
16. System that relies on supply & demand to determine the value of one currency in terms of another
NAFTA - U.S. - Canada - Mexico
flexible exchange rate
gasohol
fixed exchange rate
17. The goods & services that a nation buys from other nations
flexible exchange rate
taxes - permits - incentive - pollute
imports
nations - produce - trade - output
18. Legislation is passed on a continuing basis as it continues to ____ & demand immediate _________
exchange - currencies
foreign exchange
modified free enterprise economy
grow - attention
19. Mixture of 90% unleaded gasoline & 10% grain alcohol
birth - life - national - education - religion - corruption - war - debt
taxes - permits - incentive - pollute
trade surplus
gasohol
20. A fundamental knowledge of ________ is key to understand our modern _______ b/c __________ has become the dominant economic ______ today
economists - pollution - incentives
trade deficit
IMF - Bank - agencies - development
economics - society - capitalism - system
21. The basis for _____ today is called comparative _________
hydroelectric - biomass - solar - wind - gasohol
trade - advantage
IMF - Bank - agencies - development
council - thinking - decision - analysis
22. True flexibility ________ enable the modern modified ____ enterprise economy to better deal w/ the unforeseen events of the _______
trade surplus
markets - free - future
tariffs - quotas - licensing - health certification - voluntary quotas
international
23. Prohibition on the export or import of a product
embargo
endangered - boom - water - land
nations - produce - trade - output
IMF - Bank - agencies - development
24. Foreign ________ is the lifeblood of ____________ trade
technology
exchange - international
free trade area
foreign exchange
25. Successor of the European community established in 1993 by the Maastricht Treaty
European Union
technology
fixed exchange rate
international
26. More than ___ years ago - it was predicted by _______ _______ the problems that would be associated w/ developing _______ : high ______ rates - _____ - threat of a subsistence ________ of ______
resources: - oil - natural - coal
exchange - currencies
200 - Thomas Malthus - nations - birth - famine - standard - living
advantage - good
27. The U.S. is extensively involved in _____________ trade
council - thinking - decision - analysis
international
fixed exchange rate
endangered - boom - water - land
28. The goods & services that a nation produces & then sells to other nations
protectionists
free trade area
exports
international
29. [ESSAY] Major challenges of developing nations: high _____ rates - increasing ____ expectancies - shortage of __________ resources - limited ________ & technology - ________ - large scale __________ - aftermath of ___ - external ____
NAFTA - U.S. - Canada - Mexico
birth - life - national - education - religion - corruption - war - debt
World Trade Organization
economists - pollution - incentives
30. [FIB] Most widely used non renewable _________ of today: ___ - _______ gas - ____
problems - scale
resources: - oil - natural - coal
nations - produce - trade - output
gasohol
31. Individual who favors fewer or even no trade restrictions
resources: - oil - natural - coal
embargo - 1970 - energy
free traders
biomass
32. Foreign currencies used by countries to conduct international trade
nation - nations
trade deficit
exchange - international
foreign exchange
33. [FIB] U.S. sources of energy: ______________ power - _______ - ______ power - ____ power - _______
hydroelectric - biomass - solar - wind - gasohol
exports
credits - certificates - ton - atmosphere
exchange - currencies
34. ______ was created to open up free trade b/w the ____ - ______ - & ______
modified free enterprise economy
NAFTA - U.S. - Canada - Mexico
fixed exchange rate
economics - society - capitalism - system
35. The national _______ for economic ________ has recommended a 5 point approach to _______ making & the final step is cost benefit ________
trade surplus
foreign exchange
IMF - Bank - agencies - development
council - thinking - decision - analysis
36. Agreement signed in 1993 to reduce tariffs b/w the U.S. - Canada - & Mexico
subsistence
World Trade Organization
NAFTA
European Union
37. Barriers have been used to _______ the flow of products to _______ across the ______
protectionists
grow - attention
restrict - markets - globe
embargo - 1970 - energy
38. Group of countries that have agreed to reduce trade barriers among themselves - but lack a common tariff barrier for nonmembers
hydroelectric - biomass - solar - wind - gasohol
GATT - Trade - trade - disputes
free trade area
nation - nations
39. International agency that administers trade agreements - settles trade disputes b/w governments - organizes trade negotiation - & provides technical assistance & training for developing countries
nations - produce - trade - output
billion - 1
IMF - Bank - agencies - development
World Trade Organization
40. Malthus didn't take into account the advancement of _________ that would effect all of the factors
population - governments
ASEAN
nations - rate - currencies
technology
41. The ___ & the World ____ are the 2 major international ________ that help w/ ___________
IMF - Bank - agencies - development
imports
European Union
flexible exchange rate
42. Balance of payments outcome when spending on imports exceeds revenues received from exports
trade deficit
national defense - infant industries - protecting domestic jobs- keeping money at home
200 - Thomas Malthus - nations - birth - famine - standard - living
floating - flexible - supply - demand - currency
43. Other resources that are becoming more __________ due to the population ____ are _____ & ____
birth - life - national - education - religion - corruption - war - debt
endangered - boom - water - land
subsistence
trade - advantage
44. Most favored ______ clause is important b/c it gives them the same tariff reductions the U.S. provides other _______
population - governments
fixed exchange rate
nation - nations
credits - certificates - ton - atmosphere
45. The ____ was established in 1947 & evolved into the World _____ Organization which now tries to open nations up to _____ & settle ________
population - governments
protectionists
trade surplus
GATT - Trade - trade - disputes
46. The primary concern w/ these nations is the ____________ needs - not just the _________
exchange - international
economics - society - capitalism - system
dumping
humanitarian - political
47. Resource created from living & nonliving materials
biomass
markets - free - future
nation - nations
exchange - international
48. Carbon _______ are tradable ___________ that give the right to emit 1 ___ of carbon into the ____________
ASEAN
credits - certificates - ton - atmosphere
200 - Thomas Malthus - nations - birth - famine - standard - living
floating - flexible - supply - demand - currency
49. Trade law allowing a third country to enjoy the same tariff reductions the U.S. negotiates w/ another country
advantage - good
embargo
flexible exchange rate
most favored nation clause
50. Modern _________ is suited to meet the economic _____ of the people
endangered - boom - water - land
capitalism - goals
trade surplus
European Union