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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. Foreign ________ is the lifeblood of ____________ trade






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






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






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






5. Successor of the European community established in 1993 by the Maastricht Treaty






6. Most favored ______ clause is important b/c it gives them the same tariff reductions the U.S. provides other _______






7. Prohibition on the export or import of a product






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






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






10. 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






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






12. Absolute _________ means that a country can produce more of a ____ than another country can






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






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






15. The goods & services that a nation buys from other nations






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






25. Tax placed on an imported product






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






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






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






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






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






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






32. Individual who favors fewer or even no trade restrictions






33. The basis for _____ today is called comparative _________






34. The value of foreign exchange is determined in foreign ________ markets where __________ are bought & sold






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






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






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






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






39. Foreign currencies used by countries to conduct international trade






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






41. Resource created from living & nonliving materials






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






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






44. Mixture of 90% unleaded gasoline & 10% grain alcohol






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






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






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






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






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






50. Trade law allowing a third country to enjoy the same tariff reductions the U.S. negotiates w/ another country