Lesson 2.2.1.3

2.2.1.3 What are the issues associated with unequal flows of international trade? Quiz: OCR Geography, Unit 4

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The 20 questions

  1. Which economic model describes core regions driving global trade while peripheral regions exert minimal influence?

    • Concentric zone model
    • Demographic transition model
    • Core-periphery model
    • Rostow growth model

  2. What major challenge faces LIDCs reliant on exporting a single raw commodity?

    • Debt forgiveness
    • Trade surplus
    • Hyperinflation
    • Price volatility

  3. Which trade agreement issue occurs when core economies impose high taxes on processed import goods?

    • Free trade
    • Quota removal
    • Tariff escalation
    • Import substitution

  4. What financial issue occurs when a country's import costs consistently exceed its export earnings?

    • Capital flight
    • Foreign reserve boost
    • Trade deficit
    • Trade surplus

  5. How do core Advanced Countries (ACs) primarily dominate international trade negotiations?

    • Greater bargaining power
    • Absolute neutrality
    • Unilateral disarmament
    • Equal voting rights

  6. Which opportunity helps Low-Income Developing Countries (LIDCs) reduce their reliance on single primary exports?

    • Primary product specialisation
    • Currency devaluation
    • Import restriction
    • Economic diversification

  7. What condition describes LIDCs relying disproportionately on core AC economies for trade and investment?

    • Equal partnership
    • Perfect competition
    • Interdependence asymmetry
    • Trade autarky

  8. Which organisation sets multilateral rules for global trade but often favours powerful core nations?

    • World Health Organisation
    • International Red Cross
    • International Monetary Fund
    • World Trade Organisation

  9. An LIDC exports raw cocoa beans but imports finished chocolate bars. What concept does this illustrate?

    • High tariff protection
    • Economic autarky
    • Bilateral trade balance
    • Low value-added exports

  10. What structural barrier limits LIDC access to agricultural markets in core regions like the EU?

    • Import subsidies
    • Free movement
    • Currency unions
    • Trade embargoes

  11. Which political challenge in LIDCs can be worsened by volatile earnings from unequal trade?

    • Administrative efficiency
    • Political instability
    • Democratic consolidation
    • Regional integration

  12. What happens to a nation's terms of trade if export prices fall while import prices rise?

    • Equalisation
    • Rapid improvement
    • Stagnation
    • Deterioration

  13. An AC experiences long-term manufacturing job losses due to cheaper imports from EDCs. What is this process?

    • Deindustrialisation
    • Reurbanisation
    • Hyperindustrialisation
    • Commercial isolation

  14. Which non-tariff barrier requires imported goods to meet strict safety and environmental rules set by ACs?

    • Import duties
    • Export bounties
    • Quantitative quotas
    • Technical standards

  15. Why do peripheral LIDCs struggle to negotiate favourable trade terms with powerful regional trading blocs?

    • Surplus capital reserves
    • Excessive military power
    • Weak negotiating capacity
    • Dominated market share

  16. What positive economic outcome can sustained participation in global trade bring to Advanced Countries?

    • Sustained economic growth
    • Structural unemployment
    • Depleted national reserves
    • High price inflation

  17. How do agricultural protectionist policies in ACs directly affect LIDC farmers?

    • Eliminating freight costs
    • Undercut market prices
    • Double export earnings
    • Guaranteed purchasing

  18. If Country A exports goods worth £5 billion and imports goods worth £8 billion, what is its net trade balance?

    • £13 billion deficit
    • £3 billion surplus
    • £3 billion deficit
    • £13 billion surplus

  19. Which factor allows core ACs to maintain control over global supply chains?

    • Primitive infrastructure
    • Ownership of TNCs
    • Small domestic markets
    • Reliance on aid

  20. What social issue in LIDCs can widen due to trade profits concentrated in foreign-owned export sectors?

    • Universal healthcare
    • Gender parity
    • Income inequality
    • Social mobility

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