The National Security Argument for Tariff Protection Is Based on the Need

question 88

Multiple Choice

The national security argument for tariff protection is based on the need to:

• A) trade only with other friendly countries and impose tariffs on the rest.
• B) protect employment in key industries.
• C) protect defence-related industries in case of war.
• D) raise money to field a sufficiently large army.

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Definitions:

Food Chain

A series of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food, illustrating the flow of energy and nutrients from one organism to another.

Ecological Pyramid

A graphical representation of the relative energy value at each trophic level. See pyramid of biomass and pyramid of energy.

Trophic Levels

The hierarchical levels in an ecosystem, determined by the feeding position of organisms in food chains.

Energy Loss

The reduction in energy as it moves through the trophic levels of an ecosystem; often described in the context of the inefficiency of energy transfer between levels.