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