Read the information in the chart about two trading partners. Then answer the question that follows.
Country X Automobiles Produced Per Hour: 360
(Opportunity Cost: 0.04 airplanes)
Airplanes Produced Per Hour: 16
(Opportunity Cost: 22.5 automobiles)
Country Y Automobiles Produced Per Hour: 300
(Opportunity Cost: 0.05 airplanes)
Airplanes Produced Per Hour: 15
(Opportunity Cost: 20.0 automobiles)
Based on the information in the chart, which of the following is correct? Select all that apply.
Country Y should specialize in automobiles and Country X should specialize in airplanes
Country X should specialize in automobiles and Country Y should specialize in airplanes.
Country Y has both an absolute and a comparative advantage in the production of automobiles
Country Y has a comparative advantage in the production of airplanes.
Country X has a comparative advantage in the production of airplanes.
Country X has both an absolute and a comparative advantage in the production of automobiles.
Question 2
While balance of payments involves a record of all transactions between individuals, businesses, and the government within a particular country, balance of trade deals solely with
federal interest rates
foreign exchange rates.
imports and exports
shortages and surpluses
Question 3
Read the passage. Then answer the question that follows.
In 2013, the United States negotiated a new trade deal with Japan in the hope of increasing US rice manufacturers' access to the valuable Japanese consumer market. The Japanese increased the amount of rice that it would import at a low import tax rate to 682,000 metric tons, while any rice imported from the United States over that amount would be subject to a much higher import tax.
This trade policy represents the implementation of a combination of what two types of economic barriers to trade?
an embargo and standards
subsidies and a quota
tariffs and a quota
subsidies and standards
Question 4
How do economic barriers to trade impact countries that enact them? Select all that apply.
by eliminating cyclical unemployment
by causing real median household incomes to decline
by limiting consumer choice
by causing prices of domestic goods to rise
by improving the efficiency of production
Question 5
Why do some people oppose free trade agreements?
Free trade agreements usually require countries to reduce trade barriers that protect domestic industries.
Free trade agreements usually require countries to pay workers the same as workers in other countries
Free trade agreements usually require countries to agree to use a single common currency.
Free trade agreements usually require countries to implement the same monetary policies
Question 6
Use the table of currency exchange rates to answer the question.
https://imagebank.illuminateed.com/imagebank/1344952
A family from Zimbabwe, which uses the US dollar as its official currency, is planning to travel. They want to go to the country where they will receive the MOST local currency for their dollars. Which country should they visit?
Kenya
the United States
Botswana
South Africa
Question 7
Suppose the value of the Japanese yen appreciates relative to the US dollar. Who would this benefit? Select all that apply.
US importers of goods from Japan
Japanese exporters of goods to the United States
US tourists visiting Japan
Japanese tourists visiting the United States
Japanese importers of goods from the United States
