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