Globalization and International Trade — Unit test

Question 29 • EA Academy Civics 9

What is a quota?

Answer

a limit placed on a good or service brought in from another country

the total number of goods and services coming into a country each year

a limit placed on the number of US products that people in the US can purchase

The number of goods that the United States sends to other countries each year

Explanation

A quota is a government-imposed limit on how much of a particular good or service can be imported from another country. Choice A describes this limit. The total amount brought into a country, as in choice B, is not itself a quota.

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