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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. Trade law allowing a third country to enjoy the same tariff reductions the U.S. negotiates w/ another country
national defense - infant industries - protecting domestic jobs- keeping money at home
problems - scale
population - governments
most favored nation clause
2. ______ was created to open up free trade b/w the ____ - ______ - & ______
dumping
nations - produce - trade - output
national defense - infant industries - protecting domestic jobs- keeping money at home
NAFTA - U.S. - Canada - Mexico
3. Absolute _________ means that a country can produce more of a ____ than another country can
tariffs - quotas - licensing - health certification - voluntary quotas
advantage - good
capitalism - goals
most favored nation clause
4. High _______ were one of the primary causes associated w/ the Great __________ - yet the _____ has moved toward ____ trade ever since the
tariffs - Depression - world - free
free traders
tariff
grow - attention
5. Group of countries that have agreed to reduce trade barriers among themselves - but lack a common tariff barrier for nonmembers
free trade area
exports
nations - produce - trade - output
billion - 1
6. Person who would protect domestic producers w/ tariffs - quotas - & other trade barriers
protectionists
most favored nation clause
tariff
tariffs - Depression - world - free
7. Malthus didn't take into account the advancement of _________ that would effect all of the factors
technology
NAFTA
credits - certificates - ton - atmosphere
humanitarian - political
8. The primary concern w/ these nations is the ____________ needs - not just the _________
grow - attention
gasohol
humanitarian - political
floating - flexible - supply - demand - currency
9. The ___ & the World ____ are the 2 major international ________ that help w/ ___________
embargo
capitalism - goals
free trade area
IMF - Bank - agencies - development
10. Foreign currencies used by countries to conduct international trade
tariffs - quotas - licensing - health certification - voluntary quotas
foreign exchange
grow - attention
birth - life - national - education - religion - corruption - war - debt
11. The U.S. is extensively involved in _____________ trade
international
World Trade Organization
GATT - Trade - trade - disputes
fixed exchange rate
12. Prohibition on the export or import of a product
protectionists
exports
economists - pollution - incentives
embargo
13. [FIB] Protectionists support trade barriers on the basis of:
floating - flexible - supply - demand - currency
birth - life - national - education - religion - corruption - war - debt
subsistence
national defense - infant industries - protecting domestic jobs- keeping money at home
14. The goods & services that a nation buys from other nations
imports
technology
trade - advantage
nations - rate - currencies
15. Resource created from living & nonliving materials
biomass
free trade area
taxes - permits - incentive - pollute
grow - attention
16. System that relies on supply & demand to determine the value of one currency in terms of another
trade surplus
flexible exchange rate
advantage - good
credits - certificates - ton - atmosphere
17. Agreement signed in 1993 to reduce tariffs b/w the U.S. - Canada - & Mexico
hydroelectric - biomass - solar - wind - gasohol
biomass
NAFTA
resources: - oil - natural - coal
18. Carbon _______ are tradable ___________ that give the right to emit 1 ___ of carbon into the ____________
foreign exchange
embargo
credits - certificates - ton - atmosphere
free traders
19. Modern _________ is suited to meet the economic _____ of the people
problems - scale
flexible exchange rate
floating - flexible - supply - demand - currency
capitalism - goals
20. Balance of payments outcome when spending on imports exceeds revenues received from exports
resources: - oil - natural - coal
markets - free - future
nations - rate - currencies
trade deficit
21. Barriers have been used to _______ the flow of products to _______ across the ______
birth - life - national - education - religion - corruption - war - debt
trade - advantage
restrict - markets - globe
trade deficit
22. Most favored ______ clause is important b/c it gives them the same tariff reductions the U.S. provides other _______
restrict - markets - globe
nation - nations
nations - produce - trade - output
IMF - Bank - agencies - development
23. _________ is an expanding problem that ___________ seek to find answer to
advantage - good
population - governments
nation - nations
capitalism - goals
24. Government confiscation of private or foreign owned goods w/o compensation
markets - free - future
expropriation
World Trade Organization
protectionists
25. It was the oil _______ of the early ____s that pushed the U.S. to seek out new sources of ______
tariffs - quotas - licensing - health certification - voluntary quotas
embargo - 1970 - energy
nation - nations
dumping
26. ___________ argue _________ can't be controlled until economic __________ to pollute are removed
endangered - boom - water - land
economists - pollution - incentives
markets - free - future
traders - arguments - consumer
27. Other resources that are becoming more __________ due to the population ____ are _____ & ____
endangered - boom - water - land
imports
grow - attention
nations - rate - currencies
28. System under which the value of currencies were fixed in relation to one another
advantage - good
fixed exchange rate
embargo
expropriation
29. Deprived nations face the same ________ large nations encounter - just on a greater _____
modified free enterprise economy
tariffs - Depression - world - free
European Union
problems - scale
30. Individual who favors fewer or even no trade restrictions
GATT - Trade - trade - disputes
free traders
flexible exchange rate
European Union
31. Today there are 1.2 _______ people who make less than $_ a day
NAFTA
biomass
billion - 1
council - thinking - decision - analysis
32. Free enterprise system w/ some government involvement
NAFTA - U.S. - Canada - Mexico
modified free enterprise economy
dumping
embargo - 1970 - energy
33. Tax placed on an imported product
imports
tariff
restrict - markets - globe
humanitarian - political
34. The goods & services that a nation produces & then sells to other nations
subsistence
nations - rate - currencies
national defense - infant industries - protecting domestic jobs- keeping money at home
exports
35. Foreign ________ is the lifeblood of ____________ trade
modified free enterprise economy
exchange - international
nations - rate - currencies
nations - produce - trade - output
36. The basis for _____ today is called comparative _________
billion - 1
gasohol
trade - advantage
nation - nations
37. 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
trade surplus
fixed exchange rate
foreign exchange
38. State in which a society produces barely enough to support itself
credits - certificates - ton - atmosphere
subsistence
gasohol
200 - Thomas Malthus - nations - birth - famine - standard - living
39. A fundamental knowledge of ________ is key to understand our modern _______ b/c __________ has become the dominant economic ______ today
population - governments
council - thinking - decision - analysis
economics - society - capitalism - system
humanitarian - political
40. Group of 10 Southeast Asian nations working to promote regional cooperation - economic growth - & trade
dumping
NAFTA
economics - society - capitalism - system
ASEAN
41. The value of foreign exchange is determined in foreign ________ markets where __________ are bought & sold
embargo - 1970 - energy
council - thinking - decision - analysis
modified free enterprise economy
exchange - currencies
42. 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
humanitarian - political
markets - free - future
nations - produce - trade - output
restrict - markets - globe
43. [FIB] Most widely used non renewable _________ of today: ___ - _______ gas - ____
subsistence
protectionists
resources: - oil - natural - coal
NAFTA
44. Legislation is passed on a continuing basis as it continues to ____ & demand immediate _________
modified free enterprise economy
floating - flexible - supply - demand - currency
biomass
grow - attention
45. Situation occurring when the value of a nation's exports exceeds the value of its imports
200 - Thomas Malthus - nations - birth - famine - standard - living
trade surplus
GATT - Trade - trade - disputes
national defense - infant industries - protecting domestic jobs- keeping money at home
46. Most countries uses a system of ________ or ________ exchange rates - meaning that ______ & ______ determine the nation's ________ value
floating - flexible - supply - demand - currency
credits - certificates - ton - atmosphere
biomass
humanitarian - political
47. The ____ was established in 1947 & evolved into the World _____ Organization which now tries to open nations up to _____ & settle ________
GATT - Trade - trade - disputes
technology
nations - produce - trade - output
free trade area
48. True flexibility ________ enable the modern modified ____ enterprise economy to better deal w/ the unforeseen events of the _______
NAFTA - U.S. - Canada - Mexico
markets - free - future
protectionists
200 - Thomas Malthus - nations - birth - famine - standard - living
49. [ESSAY] Major challenges of developing nations: high _____ rates - increasing ____ expectancies - shortage of __________ resources - limited ________ & technology - ________ - large scale __________ - aftermath of ___ - external ____
embargo - 1970 - energy
birth - life - national - education - religion - corruption - war - debt
floating - flexible - supply - demand - currency
restrict - markets - globe
50. 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
modified free enterprise economy
IMF - Bank - agencies - development
council - thinking - decision - analysis