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Argylls ITB 10/11
Argylls ITB 10/11
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Business that takes place between states | Interstate commerce |
| Business that takes place within states | Intrastate commerce |
| Three levels of government | Federal, State, local |
| When one company controls an industry, product or service | Monopoly |
| These laws are meant to stop monopolies | Anti-trust laws |
| A legally enforceable agreement between two or more parties | Contract |
| This occurs when one party fails to live up to the terms of a contract | Breach of contract |
| This gives artists including musicians the legal right to own their creations | Copyright |
| This gives the sole right to own an invention | Patent |
| The amount of years a patent lasts | 20 years |
| A name, symbol or characteristic that identifies a product | Trademark |
| They regulate the manufacturing and selling of drugs in the U.S. | The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) |
| Highways, bridges and national defense are examples of this. | Public goods and services |
| When a business offers a public good or service | Privatization |
| The largest consumer of goods and services in the U.S. | Government |
| Monetary grants given to producers or consumers to encourage certain behaviors. | Subsidies |
| An amount of money people and business pay the government to run that level of government | Taxes |
| A temporary reduction or elimination of a tax | Tax incentive |
| Occurs when a small number of companies control an industry | Oligopoly |
| Interconnected economies of the nations around the world | Global economy |
| Exchange of goods and services between nations | International trade |
| Goods and services that one country buys from another country | Imports |
| Trade from within a country | Domestic trade |
| Goods and services that one country sells to another country | Exports |
| The difference in value between a country's imports and exports | Balance of Trade |
| When a country exports more than it imports | Trade Surplus |
| When a country imports more than it exports | Trade Deficit |
| The ability of a country or company to produce a particular good more efficiently than another company | Comparative Advantage |
| The price at which one currency can buy another currency | Exchange rate |
| Three types of trade barriers | Tariff, quota, embargo |
| Countries of NAFTA | US, Canada, Mexico |
| NAFTA stands for | North American Free Trade Agreement |
| EU stands for | European Union |