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Transnational corporation.
What is TNC
100
A tax on imported goods
What is Tariff
100
What was an outcome of the Bretton Woods conference? a) World Bank b) GATT c) IMF d) All of the above
What is d) All of the above
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Which is the best example of a development in communication technology that has transformed the business world? a) Fax machine b) Internet c) Cell phones d) ATM machines
What is b) Internet
100
Logging for specific trees without clearing the whole area.
What is Selective cutting
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The process of reducing barriers to trade.
What is Trade Liberalization
200
A group of countries that work together to give one another better trading terms.
What is Trading bloc
200
Direct financial help, such as loans or lower taxes,that the government provides to an industry.
What is Subsidy
200
Why was the world bank created? a) To help rebuild Western European countries devastated by the war. b) To control interest rates worldwide. c) Loan money to developing countries so that they can become more independent. d) To govern HIPCs.
What is a) To help rebuild Western European countries
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Which of the following are examples of economic globalization: a) Free trade agreements b) Transnational corporations c) Maquiladoras d) All of the above
d) All of the above
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A government owned business created to provide essential products and services to people.
What is Crown Corporation
300
The sale of government owned industries and services to private business.
What is Privatization
300
Moral principles or values.
What is Ethics
300
Development that meets the needs of the present, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
What is Sustainable development
300
Capable of supporting agriculture.
What is Arable
400
Industries that use knowledge to produce economic benefit.
What is Knowledge economy
400
A company that is owned and controlled by a large corporation.
What is Subsidiary
400
The belief that a country’s economy should belong to the people of the country and not be controlled by foreign investors.
What is Economic nationalism
400
The technique of digging up land completely as when mining oil sands.
What is Surface mining
400
The washing away of soil.
What is Erosion
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A preoccupation with buying goods and services.
What is Consumerism
500
A person whose first language is French
What is Francophone
500
A suggestion that certain things are true or will happen as a result of something else.
What is Implication
500
The watering of large crops.
What is Irrigation
500
The Kyoto Protocol was focused on: a) Ensuring sustainable prosperity for all people. b) Reducing greenhouse gas emissions. c) Battling the HIV/AIDS epidemic. d) None of the above
What is b) Reducing greenhouse gas emissions.