Economy
What is mercantilism?
Theory that a country has to make more imports than exports to make money
what is a tarrif
tax on inported goods
what is WTO
world trade orginization
what country exports the most
China
UNIT 1 what is a border zone
region where cultural markers overlap and blend into a recognizable border culture
How would protectionism affect workers in the united states
their jobs could be taken from cheaper importas from other countries
define complemenyarity
a measure of how well one country's export profile matches another country's import file
what does OPEC stand for
organization of the petroleum exporting countries
what continent is the EUCU in
Europe
UNIT 2 what is androcenterism
a phenomenon in which a culture demonstrates a marked preference for males
how could neoliberism benifit the people of socalist or communist country
providing better paying jobs through privitization
why did Trump not follow NAFTA
to take back jobs from mexico
what country is the third biggest exporter of goods and services
Germany
`what is Brazil's trade in comercial services of the billinos of dollars
25-49
UNIT3 what is placemaking
efforts to use and design public places to better serve the needs of residents and to foster a stronger community
what is NAFTA an example of
a custom union
what is the mercosur
the southern common market, a south american costums union that includes south american countries
what is a transnational corparation (TNC)
a firm with the power to coordinate and control operations in more than one country, even if it does not own thoes operations
what countries founded OPEC
Iran Iraq Kuwait Saudi Arabia and Venezuela
UNIT 4 what an escarpment
abrupt slopes that break up the general continuity of the terrain
what currency was created from the Latin American debt crisis of 1980's
Petrodollars
how are trade embargos and tarrifs related?
They are a part of protectionism
who came up with the definition of a transantional coparation (TNC)
Peter Dicken
what countries consist of the Andean Community
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru
UNIT 5 how many centimeters of rain does a semi arid climate get annually
25 to 50 centimeters