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