Fair Trade, Coffee And Trade

Question 1

What is fair trade

Answer 1

Fair trade is a deal between developed countries and producers in developing countries in which fair prices are paid to the producer

Question 2

What does fair trade guarantee

Answer 2

A BETTER DEAL for third world (LEDC) producers (growers)

Question 3

Why was fair trade created

Answer 3

Because climate change is making crops harder and harder to grow. Combined with deeply unfair trade, communities growing these crops are pushed to the brink

Question 4

What are commodities

Answer 4

Commodities are basic goods used everyday that includes things like oil, coffee, cocoa and bananas

Question 5

Commodities can be ——, ——- or ———— by producers across the globe and then ———

Answer 5

Grown
Mined
Manufactured traded

Question 6

What is a cash crop

Answer 6

A cash crop is a crop people on,y grow mainly for export.

Question 7

Example of cash crop

Answer 7

Coffee

Question 8

What is fair trade aimed at

Answer 8

It is a development tool and is aimed at ending poverty in LEDC

Question 9

Where are the top 10 drinking coffee countries

Answer 9

Europe

Question 10

Where is coffee mainly grown

Answer 10

Tropics

Question 11

What is the weather like in the tropics

Answer 11

Hot and humid

Question 12

Growing coffee

Answer 12

Coffee grows on trees, it grows as cherries which are red.

Question 13

The best coffee comes from the best coffee climate known as the

Answer 13

Bean belt

Question 14

What is the bean belt

Answer 14

It is an imaginary “belt” that goes right around the world with the width from the Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn

Question 15

What percentage of coffee is grown in Brazil

Answer 15

31.5%

Question 16

What is trade

Answer 16

It’s the buying and selling of goods between countries

Question 17

Look at the page titled trade in book and look at medc and LEDC diagram

Question 18

What is the world trade organisation (wto)

Answer 18

It’s a global international organisation which sets rules of trade between nations

Question 19

What is the goal of the WTO

Answer 19

To help producers, exporters and importers of goods and services which conduct their business

Question 20

Who do the rules of the WTO favour

Answer 20

MEDC

Question 21

What does the WTO do and what does fair trade try and do to stop this

Answer 21

WTO widens the development gap between the worlds richest and poorest countries and fair trade is an attempt to pat this and end poverty in LEDCS

Question 22

Why does trade occur

Answer 22

Because no country is rich enough in raw materials and manufactured goods to be self sufficient

Question 23

what are countries that rely on other countries called

Answer 23

INTERDEPENDANT

Question 24

Why is trade unfair for ledcs

Answer 24

Because MEDCs control trade and set rules and prices for imports and exports to favour themselves, trade is unfair for ledcs

Question 25

Why is globalisation an advantage to TNC’S

Answer 25

So their profits grow as they go to where workers are cheap

Question 26

Why would globalisation be an advantage to LEDC government

Answer 26

They need them to exploit their resources, they give their people jobs and hope the wages will help economy

Question 27

Why might globalisation be an advantage to workers

Answer 27

They have jobs so there lucky even if they have low pay but some are managers and get good pay

Question 28

Why is globalisation an advantage to an MEDC government

Answer 28

It spreads countries influence, it means jobs for people and they collect taxes on their profits

Question 29

Why is globalisation and advantage to economists

Answer 29

It helps poorer countries develop

Question 30

Why is globalisation an advantage to the WTO

Answer 30

It breaks down barriers between nations and it gives shoppers a good choid

Question 31

What does globalisation mean

Answer 31

The way companies, and ideas and lifestyles are spreading more easily around the world