Trade Flashcards

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What is import?

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Goods that a country buy from another country.

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What is Export?

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Goods that a country sells to another country.

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3
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What are Resources?

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Things we use to meet our needs.

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What are Trade Barriers?

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Rules that restrict trade in a way that has an advantage for the importing country and a disadvantage for the exporting country.

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5
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What are Secondary Products?

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Goods that are made by processing raw materials, also called manufactured goods.

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What are Manufactured Goods?

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Things that are made by processing raw materials, also called secondary products.

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7
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What is Unfair Trade?

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Trade in which some people involved are not treated equally or in a reasonable way.

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What is a Sweatshop?

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A factory where workers work long hours for very little money.

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What are Services?

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Things that people with skills do for other people.

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What is Profit?

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The difference between what goods cost to be processed or bought and what they are sold for.

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What does it mean to Exploit a person?

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To take unfair advantage of them.

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What is Barter.

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Trade in which goods are exchanged directly for other goods.

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What are Primary Products?

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Things that come directly from farming, mining, fishing or forestry .

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14
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We consider something valuable if…….

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It has value.

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15
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What is trade?

A

The exchange of goods and services.

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16
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What are goods?

A

Physical things that are processed or sold.

17
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What is Fair Trade?

A

Trade which is done in a way that it is fair for everyone involved.

18
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What is the simplest way to things that you don’t have?

A

By exchanging things that you do have.

19
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What are South Africa’s exports?

A
  • Precious minerals and metals
  • Coal
  • Iron and steel products
  • Cars
  • Machinery
  • Fruit
  • Aluminium
  • Organic chemicals
  • Wine
20
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What are South Africa’s imports?

A
  • Rubber goods
  • Petroleum
  • Transport equipment
  • Electrical goods
  • Car parts
  • Plastics
  • Medicines
  • Special equipment
  • Chemicals
21
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Why does bartering not always work effectively?

A

Often people couldn’t agree on what a product was worth or they did not want what the other person had.

22
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What did people do to solve the problem of bartering not always working efficiently?

A

They introduced money.

23
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When we’re metal objects introduced as money?

A

Around 5000BC

24
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Give three reasons why metal was used as money.

A
  • It was easiest to get hold of.
  • It was easy to work with.
  • It could be recycled.
25
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What are Petroleum products?

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Things that are made from petroleum (petrol), which comes from oil.

26
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What are the three main reasons manufactured goods cost more than raw materials?

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  • They are more useful
  • Cost of processing
  • Profit