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Unit 4 - The World Economy

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What does WTO stand for?
a)
World Trade Organisation
b)
World Telecoms Organisation
c)
We Trade Oranges
d)
World Tarriff Office
2.
When was the WTO set up?
a)
1995
b)
1949
c)
1945
d)
1980
3.
Where is the WTO Headquarters?
a)
Geneva
b)
Brussels
c)
London
d)
New York
4.
What is the highest decision making body of the WTO?
a)
General Council
b)
Security Council
c)
Dispute Panel
d)
SAFE
5.
What method of decision making is used by the WTO General Council?
a)
Consensus
b)
Majority voting
c)
Proportional Representation
d)
Who can shout the loudest
6.
Which of these areas is not a focus of the WTO?
a)
Climate Change
b)
International Trade Restrictions
c)
Food Prices
d)
Import Duties
7.
What is the most important job of the WTO?
a)
Resolve trade disputes
b)
Set oil prices
c)
Support developing countries
d)
Decide on border disputes
8.
Which of these problems are faced by developing countries who use the WTO?
a)
Lack of sufficient numbers of delagates
b)
Less expertise in specific areas
c)
Can be dominated by more developed countries
d)
Are not allowed to access all elements of the WTO
e)
Ongoing legal costs in long disputes
9.
T/F?: Many countries want to join the WTO for trade security?
a)
true
b)
false
10.

The increased flow of trade, people, technology, culture and ideas among countries.

a)

Colonization

b)

International trade

c)

Globalization

d)

Decolonization

11.

Globalization increases the replenishment of natural resources

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Multinational corporations operate in ___ countries in order to sell throughout the world.

a)

one

b)

two

c)

many

13.

This group promotes free trade

a)

OPEC

b)

WTO

c)

United Nations

14.

Globalization is most associated with domestic trade

a)

true

b)

false

15.

Globalization has increased due to

a)

raised trade barriers

b)

new trade organizations

c)

increased communication

d)

resource depletion

16.

Climate change…

a)

Is an indirect consequence of globalization

b)

Is a direct consequence of globalization

17.

The exports and imports of goods or services of a country is ____

a)

Local Trade

b)

Foreign Trade

c)

State Trade

d)

National Trade

18.

The aim of WTO is to ______

a)

provide trading education

b)

liberalize international trade

c)

start an MNC

d)

None of them

19.

A large MNC controls owns and controls production in ____

a)

one country

b)

more than one country

c)

one State

d)

more than one state

20.

Governments can use trade barriers to increase or decrease (regulate) foreign trade and to decide what kinds of goods should come into the country.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

21.

Allowing private sector to set up more and more industries that were

previously reserved for public sector is called _____

a)

Socialization

b)

Liberalization

c)

Privatization

d)

Globalization