A Freighter Loaded with 40-Foot Shipping Containers Leaves a Port

question 52

Multiple Choice

A freighter loaded with 40-foot shipping containers leaves a port in Europe and sails to New York,where the containers are transferred to railroad cars and transported to the west coast.At the port of San Francisco,the containers are loaded onto another freighter bound for Japan.The term that best describes this situation is:

• A)intermodal transportation.
• B)inventory management.
• C)greenfield investment.
• D)hypermarketing.
• E)containerization.

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Definitions:

Direct Payments

Payments made directly by the government to farmers, individuals, or businesses not requiring the provision of goods or services in return.

Countercyclical Payments

Government payments made to individuals or firms during times of economic downturns to offset decreases in demand and stabilize the economy.

Marketing Loans

Loans that allow farmers to borrow against the value of their stored crops, which acts as collateral, providing them with liquidity while they wait for favorable market conditions to sell.

Special Interest Effect

The impact of interest groups or individual stakeholders in influencing government policy to benefit a small, specific group at the expense of the general public.