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