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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.
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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. Some smaller ______ use a fixed ____ that ties their value to that of other major _________
embargo
free traders
nations - rate - currencies
GATT - Trade - trade - disputes
2. Legislation is passed on a continuing basis as it continues to ____ & demand immediate _________
dumping
grow - attention
technology
modified free enterprise economy
3. Foreign ________ is the lifeblood of ____________ trade
embargo - 1970 - energy
problems - scale
national defense - infant industries - protecting domestic jobs- keeping money at home
exchange - international
4. International agency that administers trade agreements - settles trade disputes b/w governments - organizes trade negotiation - & provides technical assistance & training for developing countries
World Trade Organization
exports
ASEAN
free trade area
5. Selling products outside of the country for less than it costs to produce them at home
imports
dumping
free trade area
economists - pollution - incentives
6. Tax placed on an imported product
embargo
tariff
World Trade Organization
foreign exchange
7. ___________ argue _________ can't be controlled until economic __________ to pollute are removed
biomass
economists - pollution - incentives
trade - advantage
national defense - infant industries - protecting domestic jobs- keeping money at home
8. Person who would protect domestic producers w/ tariffs - quotas - & other trade barriers
European Union
flexible exchange rate
protectionists
foreign exchange
9. True flexibility ________ enable the modern modified ____ enterprise economy to better deal w/ the unforeseen events of the _______
subsistence
NAFTA - U.S. - Canada - Mexico
markets - free - future
grow - attention
10. Other resources that are becoming more __________ due to the population ____ are _____ & ____
capitalism - goals
biomass
dumping
endangered - boom - water - land
11. System that relies on supply & demand to determine the value of one currency in terms of another
tariffs - Depression - world - free
council - thinking - decision - analysis
flexible exchange rate
subsistence
12. [FIB] Most widely used non renewable _________ of today: ___ - _______ gas - ____
European Union
resources: - oil - natural - coal
international
IMF - Bank - agencies - development
13. Malthus didn't take into account the advancement of _________ that would effect all of the factors
technology
exchange - currencies
council - thinking - decision - analysis
nations - rate - currencies
14. The U.S. is extensively involved in _____________ trade
World Trade Organization
international
IMF - Bank - agencies - development
council - thinking - decision - analysis
15. The ___ & the World ____ are the 2 major international ________ that help w/ ___________
free traders
endangered - boom - water - land
IMF - Bank - agencies - development
humanitarian - political
16. Resource created from living & nonliving materials
biomass
gasohol
200 - Thomas Malthus - nations - birth - famine - standard - living
birth - life - national - education - religion - corruption - war - debt
17. Free enterprise system w/ some government involvement
grow - attention
modified free enterprise economy
taxes - permits - incentive - pollute
protectionists
18. Barriers have been used to _______ the flow of products to _______ across the ______
taxes - permits - incentive - pollute
restrict - markets - globe
technology
biomass
19. [FIB] barriers to international trade:
NAFTA - U.S. - Canada - Mexico
tariffs - quotas - licensing - health certification - voluntary quotas
IMF - Bank - agencies - development
taxes - permits - incentive - pollute
20. Mixture of 90% unleaded gasoline & 10% grain alcohol
gasohol
free trade area
taxes - permits - incentive - pollute
foreign exchange
21. Most favored ______ clause is important b/c it gives them the same tariff reductions the U.S. provides other _______
expropriation
nation - nations
tariff
fixed exchange rate
22. It was the oil _______ of the early ____s that pushed the U.S. to seek out new sources of ______
embargo - 1970 - energy
endangered - boom - water - land
resources: - oil - natural - coal
trade deficit
23. The national _______ for economic ________ has recommended a 5 point approach to _______ making & the final step is cost benefit ________
hydroelectric - biomass - solar - wind - gasohol
subsistence
tariffs - Depression - world - free
council - thinking - decision - analysis
24. The value of foreign exchange is determined in foreign ________ markets where __________ are bought & sold
NAFTA
foreign exchange
World Trade Organization
exchange - currencies
25. ______ was created to open up free trade b/w the ____ - ______ - & ______
international
tariff
most favored nation clause
NAFTA - U.S. - Canada - Mexico
26. The primary concern w/ these nations is the ____________ needs - not just the _________
national defense - infant industries - protecting domestic jobs- keeping money at home
humanitarian - political
protectionists
resources: - oil - natural - coal
27. 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
endangered - boom - water - land
nations - produce - trade - output
nation - nations
trade surplus
28. Government confiscation of private or foreign owned goods w/o compensation
European Union
international
nations - rate - currencies
expropriation
29. Individual who favors fewer or even no trade restrictions
IMF - Bank - agencies - development
gasohol
fixed exchange rate
free traders
30. Group of countries that have agreed to reduce trade barriers among themselves - but lack a common tariff barrier for nonmembers
trade - advantage
flexible exchange rate
free trade area
tariff
31. Agreement signed in 1993 to reduce tariffs b/w the U.S. - Canada - & Mexico
population - governments
modified free enterprise economy
NAFTA
flexible exchange rate
32. Most countries uses a system of ________ or ________ exchange rates - meaning that ______ & ______ determine the nation's ________ value
exports
floating - flexible - supply - demand - currency
endangered - boom - water - land
restrict - markets - globe
33. Prohibition on the export or import of a product
nations - produce - trade - output
embargo
embargo - 1970 - energy
ASEAN
34. Today there are 1.2 _______ people who make less than $_ a day
billion - 1
trade surplus
endangered - boom - water - land
nation - nations
35. Modern _________ is suited to meet the economic _____ of the people
capitalism - goals
exchange - international
endangered - boom - water - land
expropriation
36. [ESSAY] Major challenges of developing nations: high _____ rates - increasing ____ expectancies - shortage of __________ resources - limited ________ & technology - ________ - large scale __________ - aftermath of ___ - external ____
population - governments
birth - life - national - education - religion - corruption - war - debt
hydroelectric - biomass - solar - wind - gasohol
technology
37. Balance of payments outcome when spending on imports exceeds revenues received from exports
billion - 1
European Union
expropriation
trade deficit
38. Programs including pollution _____ & pollution _______ are designed to give firms the ________ not to ________
NAFTA - U.S. - Canada - Mexico
taxes - permits - incentive - pollute
dumping
nations - rate - currencies
39. The basis for _____ today is called comparative _________
trade - advantage
birth - life - national - education - religion - corruption - war - debt
protectionists
taxes - permits - incentive - pollute
40. [FIB] Protectionists support trade barriers on the basis of:
national defense - infant industries - protecting domestic jobs- keeping money at home
council - thinking - decision - analysis
billion - 1
humanitarian - political
41. More than ___ years ago - it was predicted by _______ _______ the problems that would be associated w/ developing _______ : high ______ rates - _____ - threat of a subsistence ________ of ______
200 - Thomas Malthus - nations - birth - famine - standard - living
exchange - international
tariffs - quotas - licensing - health certification - voluntary quotas
advantage - good
42. Trade law allowing a third country to enjoy the same tariff reductions the U.S. negotiates w/ another country
gasohol
most favored nation clause
exchange - currencies
trade surplus
43. Situation occurring when the value of a nation's exports exceeds the value of its imports
imports
trade surplus
resources: - oil - natural - coal
free trade area
44. Free _______ believe that all of the protectionists _________ are flawed - due to the restriction that it places on the ________
restrict - markets - globe
traders - arguments - consumer
nation - nations
dumping
45. A fundamental knowledge of ________ is key to understand our modern _______ b/c __________ has become the dominant economic ______ today
economics - society - capitalism - system
gasohol
birth - life - national - education - religion - corruption - war - debt
embargo - 1970 - energy
46. _________ is an expanding problem that ___________ seek to find answer to
exchange - currencies
economists - pollution - incentives
population - governments
embargo - 1970 - energy
47. System under which the value of currencies were fixed in relation to one another
embargo
economists - pollution - incentives
fixed exchange rate
technology
48. Successor of the European community established in 1993 by the Maastricht Treaty
free traders
GATT - Trade - trade - disputes
European Union
flexible exchange rate
49. Group of 10 Southeast Asian nations working to promote regional cooperation - economic growth - & trade
exchange - international
technology
ASEAN
nations - produce - trade - output
50. The goods & services that a nation buys from other nations
imports
council - thinking - decision - analysis
European Union
hydroelectric - biomass - solar - wind - gasohol