Reference no: EM132235814

QUESTION 1: The primary function of GATT (General Agreement on Tarrifs and Trades) was to:

increase tariffs to make trade more equal between countries.

reduce the dependency of developing countries on the use of tariffs.

increase tariffs in order to increase a country's imports.

reduce tariffs in order to promote free trade.

QUESTION 2 : Which of the following is a true statement?

The world population is increasing, and so is food production.

The world population is increasing, causing a massive food shortage.

Globalization is responsible for the current crisis in food production.

Globalization is responsible for a massive food shortage in the world.

QUESTION 3 : One reason people do not get enough to eat in a country is because:

Its infrastructure system is in excellent condition.

There is little or no civil strife among its people.

Some crops are often grown for export, leaving little to consume internally.

The government does not discriminate in food allocation based on tribe or ethnicity.

QUESTION 4 : Which of the following factors contributes most to soil erosion?

rural migration

deforestation

urban migration

climate cooling

QUESTION 5 : The country best known for the state approach in the 1980s, where the government played a central role in economic decision-making was:

United States

Soviet Union

United Kingdom

Mexico

QUESTION 6: According to your textbook, what factor is most likely to contribute to a global food shortage?

deforestation.

sea levels decreasing.

rural migration.

arable land decreasing.

QUESTION 7: Based on Figure 3.2 in your textbook, which of the following countries have a relatively high dependency on agricultural output for their Gross Domestic Product (GDP)?

United States, Brazil, and Australia

Canada, Russia, and France

India, Egypt, and Vietnam

Saudi Arabia, Mexico, and Libya

QUESTION 8  :Which is most likely to occur if we continue with current practices in farming and resource usage?

There will be an increase in people moving from urban to rural areas.

There will be an increase in the prices of commodities.

There will be a decrease in the use of fossil fuels by developed countries.

There will be a decrease in the number of people living in developing countries.

QUESTION 9 : Of the Earth's current population, approximately how much of the population is chronically malnourished?

400 million

6 billion

300 million

800 million

QUESTION 10: We can expect all of these in the future, except:

a sustained increase in the prices of commodities.

a growth in global greenhouse gas emissions.

a decrease in the use of coal as an energy source.

a long-term decline of soil quality.