Junior Achievement presents: are you smarter than a 6th grader?

• Position: SPECIAL SECTION: Junior Achievement

Junior Achievement delivers age-appropriate, activity based programs at no cost to Anchorage schools. We thought it would be fun to test adults on the subject matter that is taught in the classroom by a volunteer in middle school classrooms all over the state. Good luck!

The programs featured are selected randomly for the six 40-minute lessons from JA Global Marketplace. This program provides practical information about the global economy and its effect on students' daily lives.

Q: What is the WTO?

1. Professional Wresting league

2. Radio station in Wyoming

3. Court that oversees trade disputes

   Q: Which of these items is not intellectual property?

1. An idea

2. Chemical formula

3. Business method

4. Lawn mower

5. Industrial process

   Q: Which of the following would you need to learn when doing business with another country?

1. Language

2. Currency

3. Business practices

4. All of the above

   Q: Which trade barrier is being used in this scenario?

   "Country Z will not import poultry products from Asia because of an outbreak of disease on chicken farms."

1. Quota

2. Tariff

3. Subsidy

4. Embargo

5. Standard

   Q: Which trade barrier is being used in this scenario?

   "Country M will tax imported apples to protect its apple growers."

1. Quota

2. Tariff

3. Subsidy

4. Embargo

5. Standard

   Q: When you permanently leave your country to live in another country, you are an:

1. Immigrant

2. Emigrant

   Q: Why was NAFTA created?

1. To export US manufacturing to Mexico

2. Increase the awareness of hockey and soccer in the U.S.

3. To lower trade barriers between Mexico, Canada, and the U.S.

4. To get President Clinton re-elected

   Q: NAFTA is a good thing for the U.S.

1. True

2. False

   Why should YOU Teach a JA Class?

   1. It's for the kids!

   2. To help our teachers

   3. To create conscientious business professionals

   4. To see the kids smile when they understand the...