Swenson's Ice Cream Is Doing Business in Somalia

question 12

Multiple Choice

Swenson's Ice Cream is doing business in Somalia.After three successful years of operating three ice cream parlors in the country,the Somali government took over the three ice cream parlors and began operating them and keeping the money paid by customers.
-Which of the following terms applies to this action by the Somali government?

• A)Sovereign immunity
• B)Expropriation
• C)Repatriation
• D)Protectionism

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Definitions:

Steamboats

Paddlewheelers that could travel both up- and downriver in deep or shallow waters; they became commercially viable early in the nineteenth century and soon developed into America’s first inland freight and passenger service network.

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Water Transportation

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