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Foreign Trade Global

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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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. Situation occurring when the value of a nation's exports exceeds the value of its imports






2. System under which the value of currencies were fixed in relation to one another






3. Tax placed on an imported product






4. Carbon _______ are tradable ___________ that give the right to emit 1 ___ of carbon into the ____________






5. Successor of the European community established in 1993 by the Maastricht Treaty






6. The basis for _____ today is called comparative _________






7. Other resources that are becoming more __________ due to the population ____ are _____ & ____






8. Balance of payments outcome when spending on imports exceeds revenues received from exports






9. Most favored ______ clause is important b/c it gives them the same tariff reductions the U.S. provides other _______






10. State in which a society produces barely enough to support itself






11. Foreign ________ is the lifeblood of ____________ trade






12. Agreement signed in 1993 to reduce tariffs b/w the U.S. - Canada - & Mexico






13. Group of 10 Southeast Asian nations working to promote regional cooperation - economic growth - & trade






14. The goods & services that a nation buys from other nations






15. It was the oil _______ of the early ____s that pushed the U.S. to seek out new sources of ______






16. Some smaller ______ use a fixed ____ that ties their value to that of other major _________






17. The primary concern w/ these nations is the ____________ needs - not just the _________






18. Group of countries that have agreed to reduce trade barriers among themselves - but lack a common tariff barrier for nonmembers






19. Today there are 1.2 _______ people who make less than $_ a day






20. The national _______ for economic ________ has recommended a 5 point approach to _______ making & the final step is cost benefit ________






21. Individual who favors fewer or even no trade restrictions






22. Selling products outside of the country for less than it costs to produce them at home






23. System that relies on supply & demand to determine the value of one currency in terms of another






24. Resource created from living & nonliving materials






25. 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






26. The ___ & the World ____ are the 2 major international ________ that help w/ ___________






27. Prohibition on the export or import of a product






28. [ESSAY] Major challenges of developing nations: high _____ rates - increasing ____ expectancies - shortage of __________ resources - limited ________ & technology - ________ - large scale __________ - aftermath of ___ - external ____






29. Government confiscation of private or foreign owned goods w/o compensation






30. The U.S. is extensively involved in _____________ trade






31. Barriers have been used to _______ the flow of products to _______ across the ______






32. Programs including pollution _____ & pollution _______ are designed to give firms the ________ not to ________






33. [FIB] U.S. sources of energy: ______________ power - _______ - ______ power - ____ power - _______






34. _________ is an expanding problem that ___________ seek to find answer to






35. Malthus didn't take into account the advancement of _________ that would effect all of the factors






36. Mixture of 90% unleaded gasoline & 10% grain alcohol






37. High _______ were one of the primary causes associated w/ the Great __________ - yet the _____ has moved toward ____ trade ever since the






38. [FIB] Most widely used non renewable _________ of today: ___ - _______ gas - ____






39. Free _______ believe that all of the protectionists _________ are flawed - due to the restriction that it places on the ________






40. Free enterprise system w/ some government involvement






41. The value of foreign exchange is determined in foreign ________ markets where __________ are bought & sold






42. The goods & services that a nation produces & then sells to other nations






43. ______ was created to open up free trade b/w the ____ - ______ - & ______






44. Legislation is passed on a continuing basis as it continues to ____ & demand immediate _________






45. International agency that administers trade agreements - settles trade disputes b/w governments - organizes trade negotiation - & provides technical assistance & training for developing countries






46. More than ___ years ago - it was predicted by _______ _______ the problems that would be associated w/ developing _______ : high ______ rates - _____ - threat of a subsistence ________ of ______






47. A fundamental knowledge of ________ is key to understand our modern _______ b/c __________ has become the dominant economic ______ today






48. The ____ was established in 1947 & evolved into the World _____ Organization which now tries to open nations up to _____ & settle ________






49. Deprived nations face the same ________ large nations encounter - just on a greater _____






50. Modern _________ is suited to meet the economic _____ of the people