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GSE Unit 7 Vocab #2
GSE Unit 7 Vocabulary Review #2
Term | Definition |
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boycott | refusal to purchase a good/service from a specific company or country |
domestic | term which refers to the products of services originating in one’s own country; it is the antonym of foreign |
embargo | a trade barrier which blocks all trade with another nation |
quota | a trade barrier which places a limit on imported goods |
sanction | the act of economically punishing another nation |
tariff | a trade barrier which places a tax on imported goods |
trade barrier | any activity which slows or outright blocks the free exchange of goods and services between nations |
currency | a nation’s money |
currency exchange | converting one nation’s money into an equivalent value/quantity of another’s |
exchange rate | the approximate value of one nation’s currency in terms of another’s |
standard of living | – the level of wealth and material comfort available to a people |