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






2. Foreign ________ is the lifeblood of ____________ trade






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






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






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






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






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






8. The primary concern w/ these nations is the ____________ needs - not just the _________






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






19. Individual who favors fewer or even no trade restrictions






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






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






22. [FIB] barriers to international trade:






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






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






25. Tax placed on an imported product






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






27. The basis for _____ today is called comparative _________






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






29. Deprived nations face the same ________ large nations encounter - just on a greater _____






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






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






32. Foreign currencies used by countries to conduct international trade






33. True flexibility ________ enable the modern modified ____ enterprise economy to better deal w/ the unforeseen events of the _______






34. Prohibition on the export or import of a product






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






36. Resource created from living & nonliving materials






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






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






39. Government confiscation of private or foreign owned goods w/o compensation






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






41. 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






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






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






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






45. A fundamental knowledge of ________ is key to understand our modern _______ b/c __________ has become the dominant economic ______ today






46. The U.S. is extensively involved in _____________ trade






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






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






49. Free enterprise system w/ some government involvement






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