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