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A large trading bloc in Europe
What is European union
100
An agreement between Canada, The US, and Mexico. It holds mexico to improve environmental standards of its corporations
What is NAFTA
100
This agreement lead to the creation of the IMF and World Bank
What is the Bretton Woods Agreement
100

Triggered by Black Tuesday; where mass selling of stocks led to a crash of the stock market and global economy

What is the great depression

100

Electric vehicles, solar energy and water conservation are all an example of this

What is sustainable prosperity

200
One company hires another company for production goals
What is outsourcing
200

A company that operates in more than one country

What is Multinational/transnational

200
Two negative impacts of outsourcing for underdeveloped and/or developed countries are
What is various answers
200

An event that resulted in an economic boom, women entering the workforce and mechanized farming

What is WWII

200

At a 1997 conference, 141 countries signed an agreement to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions 

What is the Kyoto Protocol

300
The movement from agricultural-based communities to industrial based ones
What is urbanization
300

A period of low economic activity and high levels of unemployment

What is an economic depression

300

A industrialized country that has a high GDP, life expectancy, and ecological footprint

What is a developed country

300

Manufacturing plants in Mexico, whose parent companies operate in either Canada or the United States

What are Maquiladoras

300

The event of one prominent European country leaving the EU  

What is Brexit

400

An economic and political system whose purpose is to eliminate class distinctions. Everyone would work for the benefit of all and would receive help as he or she needed. 

What is communism

400

The idea of accepting responsibility for ensuring that the earth's resources remain sustainable

What is stewardship

400

An anti-capitalist British economist who believes government intervention is key to a strong economy

What is John Maynard Keynes

400

Turning our most important natural resource into a business, further endangering the poorest in our world

What is Privatization of Water

400

A philosophy of subjective measurement of quality of life, more focused on aspects like spiritual wellness and health, instead of simply education, life expectancy and income

What is Gross National Happiness 

500

The process of removing barriers such as tariffs in order to encourage freer trade around the world

What is trade liberalization

500
Places a tax on imported goods to protect domestic products
What is tariffs
500

GDP, consumption, waste production, access to electricity, transportation, and size of your residence are all contributing factors.

What is an ecological footprint

500

The world's first communist state, who emerged from civil unrest following WWI

What is the USSR

500

A promoter of free markets, he believed that people should learn to adapt during tough economic times, rather than rely on the government to help

Who is Milton Friedman