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question 85

Multiple Choice

Use the following to answer questions:
Figure: Comparative Advantage
-(Figure: Comparative Advantage) The figure illustrates both the U.S. and Japanese production possibilities frontiers for TVs and wheat. Based on this information, which of the following is TRUE?

• A) The United States has the comparative advantage in the production of TVs.
• B) The United States has the comparative advantage in the production of wheat.
• C) Japan has the comparative advantage in the production of wheat.
• D) Japan has the absolute advantage in the production of TVs.

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Definitions:

Thrust Fault

A type of fault in which the upper block, above the fault plane, moves up and over the lower block.

Anticline

A type of fold in sedimentary rocks that resembles an arch, with the oldest rock layers at its core, indicative of compressional tectonic forces.

Syncline

a downward-curving (trough-like) fold in rock layers where the youngest materials are at the center.

Monocline

A geological fold in which all strata are inclined in the same direction, forming a step-like feature in the landscape.