Question 1

Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia, the Ukraine, and Turkmenistan use ____________________ as a second language.

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Question 2

Countries in East Africa were formerly colonized by ____________________. They share a common second language (French), as well as extensive economic and political ties with the former colonist.

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Question 3

In Europe, member countries agreed, at treaty known as the ______________________________, to establish the European Economic Community, eliminating all tariffs, establishing common external tariffs, and allowing for the free movement of capital and labor within its territory.

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Question 4

________________________________________ is the primary and most successful example of regional economic integration in Asia.

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Question 5

The ___________________________________ is an ambitious plan to create a market of about 800 million people and an annual production worth $11 trillion in the Americas.

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Question 6

________________________________________ is a free trade organization that promotes economic cooperation among a coalition of 14 of Africa's more affluent and developed nations.

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Question 7

Member countries of a(n) _________________________ agreement eliminate all tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade, adopt common external tariffs, and allow for the free movement of capital and labor within the agreement.

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Question 8

A(n) _________________________ is a free trade association that may have either eliminated or greatly reduced all tariffs and other trade restrictions for member countries and that has adopted common external tariffs on products imported from outside the free trade area.

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Question 9

A(n) _________________________ agreement takes place between two or more countries and it involves a reduction in, or even elimination of, customs duties and other trade barriers on all goods and service traded between the member countries.

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Question 10

What is the highest policy-making body of the European Union?

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The European Council, in which heads of government meet, is the highest policy-making body of the European Union.

Question 11

Signatory countries of the North American Free Trade Agreement are the United States, Canada, and ____________________.

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Question 12

The ______________________________ is a body that meets periodically to address issues of common concern and that recognizes the British monarchy as its symbolic leader.

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Question 13

The former colonies of the ____________________ Empire form the Commonwealth of Nations.

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Question 14

________________________________________ was established to mitigate the economic block and trade protection trend prevailing in the 1970's and 1980's. It was established in 1989 at a ministerial meeting in Canberra, Australia.

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Question 15

Which European organization is the equivalent of the Federal Reserve Bank for the United States?

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The European Central Bank is charged with enacting monetary policy for the twelve countries that share a common currency, the Euro. Thus, the equivalent of the Federal Reserve Bank for the U.S. is the European Central Bank.

Question 16

____________________'s economic, political, and cultural dominance in the former Soviet Union has resulted, for example, in the use of the Russian language from the Baltics (Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia) and the Ukraine, to the Asian republics of the former federation, such as Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan.

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Question 17

The twelve non-Baltic successors to the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics (the Soviet Union) formed the ___________________________________.

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Question 18

Because the European Exchange Rate Mechanism changed its shape based on the fluctuation of the different currencies, it was also known as the ____________________.

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Question 19

________________________________________ was created in 1980 to replace the Latin American Free Trade Association.

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Question 20

State-owned enterprises and large, nationwide distributors are examples of structures characteristic of ______________________________.

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Quiz 4: Regional Economic and Political Integration