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