This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Economics > International > Trade > Barriers To Trade – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Barriers To Trade Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Argentina increased taxes to 9% on the import of milk powder after record levels of imports and fears Argentina farmers would suffer falling incomes. This is a(n) ..... A) Tariff. B) Quota. C) Embargo. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tariff. 2. Why do countries impose barriers to trade such as quotas? A) To improve trade relationships with other countries. B) To increase the efficiency of domestic producers. C) To protect domestic industries from foreign competition. D) To lower the costs of goods for consumers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To protect domestic industries from foreign competition. 3. The US can only import 3 tons of coffee from Brazil each month. A) Embargo. B) Quota. C) Tariff. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quota. 4. Which of the following countries has the least freedom to do business? A) Cuba. B) Mexico. C) Canada. D) Brazil. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cuba. 5. In 1973, many Middle Eastern countries stopped exporting oil to the United States in protest against the US' support of Israel. What type of trade barrier is this? A) Mountain. B) Quota. C) Tariff. D) Embargo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Embargo. 6. Rules used to try to limit trade with other countries A) Embargo. B) Quota. C) Trade barriers. D) Tariff. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Trade barriers. 7. Which of the following is not a benefit of trade between nations? A) Cheaper stuff. B) More stuff. C) Similar stuff. D) Better stuff. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Similar stuff. 8. Workers and their abilities, talents, training, skills, and knowledge used to produce goods or services is called ..... A) Human (labor) resources. B) Natural (land) resource. C) Capital resources. D) Global resources. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Human (labor) resources. 9. The European Union enforces a limit of knit fabrics imported from China. A) Tariff. B) Quota. C) Embarrgo. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quota. 10. A focus on developing only certain skills or producing only certain goods/services A) Exports. B) Globalization. C) Specialization. D) Imports. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Specialization. 11. The European Union has encouraged all of the following EXCEPT A) Positive relationships among leaders. B) Common currency-Euro. C) Free trade between European countries. D) Common enemies. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Common enemies. 12. Company XYZ produces cheese in Scotland and exports the cheese, which costs $ 100 per pound, to the U.S. A 20% tax would require company XYZ to pay the United States government $ 20 to export the cheese A) Tariff. B) Embargo. C) Quota. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tariff. 13. What increases an country's GDP? A) Trade. B) Imports. C) Investing in stocks. D) Increasing the four factors of production. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Increasing the four factors of production. 14. A system of trade policy that allows the free exchange of goods between countries. Usually means no tariffs or trade barriers. This is a definition of ..... A) Protectionism. B) Free Trade. C) Isolationism. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Free Trade. 15. One of the effects of a ..... is that it causes the prices of goods to increase. A) Quota. B) Tariff. C) Embargo. D) Standard. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tariff. 16. The policy of imposing duties or quotas on imports in order to protect home industries from overseas competition. A) Free trade. B) Protectionism. C) Balance of trade. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protectionism. 17. Goods and services brought in from other countries A) Exports. B) Imports. C) Supply. D) Tariff. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imports. 18. Goods or services that a country buys from other nations. A) Export. B) Tariff. C) Duty. D) Import. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Import. 19. Which of the following BEST describes the relationship between literacy and poverty in Latin America and elsewhere? A) High literacy rates eliminate poverty. B) Poverty decreases literacy rates. C) Poverty increases literacy rates. D) Low literacy rates increase poverty. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Low literacy rates increase poverty. 20. In 2005, the United States limited the imports of Chinese textiles to 7.5% a year. Is this a(n) ..... A) Tariff. B) Quota. C) Embargo. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quota. 21. Which of the following trade barriers is a block or restriction on trade with another country. A) Tariff. B) Embargo. C) Quota. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Embargo. 22. All of these restrict international trade EXCEPT A) Trade deficits. B) Subsidies. C) Quotas. D) Embargoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trade deficits. 23. Is the sale of a product in another country at a price lower than in the home market A) Tariff. B) Embargo. C) Dumping. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dumping. 24. A command economy occurs when the ..... is in control of all economic decisions. A) Business owner. B) Society. C) Market. D) Government. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Government. 25. In 2011, the United States Department of Agriculture increased its annual sugar-import limit to 1.6 million tons for the year. This is a(n) ..... A) Tariff. B) Quota. C) Embargo. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Quota. 26. East Germany was not allowed to buy from West Germany during the Cold War. A) Embargo. B) Quota. C) Tariff. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Embargo. 27. Why would a country impose a tariff or quota on imported goods? A) To raise the price of imported goods and encourage people to buy local. B) To raise the price of imported goods to help other countries make more money. C) To be mean!. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To raise the price of imported goods and encourage people to buy local. 28. The amount of goods and services available per person in an economy. A) GDP. B) Specialization. C) Standard of Living. D) Interdependence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Standard of Living. 29. A country's self-imposed restriction on exports. A) Tariff. B) Quota. C) Voluntary export restraint. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Voluntary export restraint. 30. A country might place a limit or ..... on another country to weaken their economy. A) Embargo. B) Tariff. C) Quota. D) None of above. 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