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Foreign Trade Global

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






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






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






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






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






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






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






8. ___________ argue _________ can't be controlled until economic __________ to pollute are removed






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






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






11. Situation occurring when the value of a nation's exports exceeds the value of its imports






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






13. [FIB] barriers to international trade:






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






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






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






17. 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






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






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






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






21. Prohibition on the export or import of a product






22. [FIB] Protectionists support trade barriers on the basis of:






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






24. Free enterprise system w/ some government involvement






25. True flexibility ________ enable the modern modified ____ enterprise economy to better deal w/ the unforeseen events of the _______






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






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






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






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






30. Person who would protect domestic producers w/ tariffs - quotas - & other trade barriers






31. Individual who favors fewer or even no trade restrictions






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






33. Foreign currencies used by countries to conduct international trade






34. Most countries uses a system of ________ or ________ exchange rates - meaning that ______ & ______ determine the nation's ________ value






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. Foreign ________ is the lifeblood of ____________ trade






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






43. The basis for _____ today is called comparative _________






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






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






46. Tax placed on an imported product






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






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






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






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