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YS > Int Mkt > Ch3: Global Trade and Integration

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following occurs when goods are transferred or shipped to a foreign country?

a)

exporting

b)

importing

c)

absolute advantage

d)

comparative advantage

e)

market liberalization

2.

The theory of absolute advantage was proposed by ______.

a)

Adam Bracker

b)

Adam Wesley

c)

Adam Wiley

d)

Adam Smith

e)

Adam Riley

3.

Trade leads to higher levels of innovation through ______.

a)

reduced costs

b)

increased efficiencies

c)

market development

d)

specialization

e)

division of labor

4.

All of the following are presented in the lecture as benefits of free trade EXCEPT ______.

a)

Free trade restrains the power of the state and empowers individuals.

b)

Free trade brings people together across distance and cultures leading to peace.

c)

Free trade makes everyone wealthier.

d)

Free trade creates additional poverty.

e)

Free trade encourages basic human rights.

5.

Specially designated areas within a country that have separate laws designed to encourage trade are ______.

a)

zones of indifference

b)

zones of marketability

c)

free trade areas

d)

restricted trade zones

e)

open trade zones

6.

Which remove barriers to the movement of goods and services and members consent to a uniform tariff policy toward non-member countries?

a)

free trade areas

b)

custom union

c)

common market

d)

economic union

e)

political union

7.

Which involves the use of a third party when entering a foreign country?

a)

importing

b)

downsizing

c)

offshoring

d)

dumping

e)

market differentiation

8.

Which trade agreement includes the United States, Mexico, and Canada?

a)

North and South America Trade Alliance

b)

American Union

c)

CANMEXUS

d)

North American Free Trade Agreement

e)

Alliance of North American Enterprise

9.

Protectionism is ______.

a)

a form of free trade in which a country maintains it sovereignty

b)

a method of developing advantageous trade relationships with other countries

c)

the use of currency exchange to maintain trading advantages

d)

protecting domestic businesses from exports by foreign firms through governmental policy

e)

protecting free trade by creating treaties

10.

The desire to protect domestic businesses from the exports of foreign firms through governmental policy is ______.

a)

protectionism

b)

dumping

c)

market stabilization

d)

market liberalization

e)

border fixing

11.

A tax on an import is a ______.

a)

trade barrier

b)

countertrade facilitator

c)

tariff

d)

excise tax

e)

import control

12.

A payment designed to support a domestic business is a(n) ______.

a)

tariff

b)

tax break

c)

subsidy

d)

export tax

e)

import tax

13.

______ are made up of a group of countries that have entered into an agreement to reduce tariffs, quotas, and other barriers to the movement of goods and services.

a)

Free trade areas

b)

Economic cooperative zones

c)

Free cooperative zones

d)

Trade free agreements

e)

Trade free zones

14.

If Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India moved beyond a custom union by removing barriers to trade within the market and by maintaining a common tariff for non-members, the result would be a(n) ______.

a)

political union

b)

economic union

c)

common market

d)

free trade area

e)

free trade zone

15.

Outsourcing refers to the relinquishing of organizational control of a business process to a third-party external entity.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Some governments offer subsidies as an effort to assist domestic businesses from the threat of imports from foreign countries.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Government leaders can limit imports by requiring potential importers to purchase an import license.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Sustainability is a major concern relating to international trade due to the differences in environmental regulations that exist throughout the world.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Limitations on currency convertibility can be instituted as an attempt to limit imports from foreign countries.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Discuss the arguments for protectionism. Do you agree with each of them? Why or why not?

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