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