Lesson 2.2.1.2

2.2.1.2 Why has trade become increasingly complex? Quiz: OCR Geography, Unit 4

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The 20 questions

  1. What term describes the relocation of business processes to an external foreign provider?

    • Protectionism
    • Containerisation
    • Fairtrade
    • Outsourcing

  2. Trade conducted directly between two emerging or developing nations is known as what?

    • Intra-regional trade
    • South-South trade
    • North-North trade
    • North-South trade

  3. Which major transport innovation drastically reduced ocean freight shipping costs and handling times?

    • Just-in-time delivery
    • Trade tariffs
    • Containerisation
    • Free trade zones

  4. Which economic sector accounts for the rapid global growth in invisible exports?

    • Secondary sector
    • Primary sector
    • Agricultural sector
    • Tertiary sector

  5. What type of alliance do neighbouring countries form to reduce trade barriers together?

    • Non-governmental organisation
    • Sovereign wealth fund
    • Trading bloc
    • Transnational corporation

  6. The spatial reallocation of manufacturing from ACs to lower-cost EDCs is termed what?

    • Market saturation
    • Global shift
    • Trade deficit
    • Comparative advantage

  7. What type of trade barrier places a direct tax on imported goods?

    • Subsidy
    • Quota
    • Tariff
    • Embargo

  8. Economic interdependence occurs when nations rely on each other for key trade in what?

    • Political governance
    • Goods and services
    • Military defence
    • Cultural customs

  9. A trainer designed in Germany but assembled in Vietnam illustrates which modern concept?

    • Global supply chain
    • Trade embargo
    • Protectionist policy
    • Import substitution

  10. India providing software development and customer service to UK banks represents growth in what?

    • Raw material trade
    • Service trade
    • Heavy industrial trade
    • Primary commodity trade

  11. A Brazilian firm selling farm machinery directly to a buyer in Kenya exemplifies what?

    • North-North trade
    • North-South trade
    • South-North trade
    • South-South trade

  12. When a nation imports goods of greater monetary value than it exports, it experiences what?

    • Trade deficit
    • Foreign investment
    • Trade embargo
    • Trade surplus

  13. Money sent home by foreign workers to their families in their origin country is called what?

    • Official development assistance
    • Bilateral aid
    • Remittances
    • Foreign direct investment

  14. The EU allowing unrestricted movement of goods, capital, services, and labour is an example of what?

    • Single market
    • Trade embargo
    • Customs union
    • Free trade area

  15. A UK company relocating its call centre operations to India is primarily attempting to lower what?

    • Labour costs
    • Transport tariffs
    • Carbon emissions
    • Exchange rates

  16. An EDC relying almost entirely on a single agricultural crop for export earnings suffers from what?

    • Political stability
    • Labour mobility
    • Market dominance
    • Economic vulnerability

  17. How do modern just-in-time manufacturing systems affect international transport requirements?

    • Increase warehouse size
    • Reduce trade volume
    • Demand rapid transport
    • Eliminate digital communication

  18. What major political benefit often arises when nations build deep economic trade interdependence?

    • Enhanced political stability
    • Reduced GDP growth
    • Higher trade tariffs
    • Lower labour mobility

  19. How does increased international labour mobility directly influence global trade cash flows?

    • Generates remittance flows
    • Eliminates foreign aid
    • Prevents outsourcing
    • Reduces service exports

  20. Why do peripheral LIDC economies typically exert limited power during global trade negotiations?

    • High tariff barriers
    • Low economic power
    • Strict trade quotas
    • Excessive export volume

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