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What is a term for a garment factory with poor working conditions? |
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Select the clothing that a retail store will sell. |
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What is the name of an environmentally friendly fiber? |
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What products are often counterfeited? |
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Designer jeans, sunglasses, sneakers, designer handbags |
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What were some of the results of the Fair Labor Standards Act? |
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Minimum wage, 40 hour work week, child labor laws. |
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The process where countries and companies have faster communication and products are made in many countries. |
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Deciding where and how a company will make or buy a product |
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A limit on the amount of products that can be brought in to the U.S. from another country. |
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What does a pattern grader do? |
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Make a pattern in all of the sizes needed. |
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What does a marker maker do? |
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Design the layout of the pattern on the fabric to use the least fabric. |
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What does the fashion director do? |
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Gather fashion information and help all departments to work together on a fashion trend. |
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What part of the fashion industry does an alterations person work in? |
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What are the three parts of the fashion industry? |
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Textiles, apparel and retail. |
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What term is used when a product is grown without pesticides or fertilizer? |
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What does a laboratory technician do? |
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Test on fibers, yarns and fabrics. |
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Predicting future trends. |
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All of the activities involved in creating and selling profitable products. |
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What organization sets trade practices that are good for all nations? |
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The World Trade Organization. |
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What is the name of the free trade agreement between the U.S., Canada and Mexico. |
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NAFTA- the North American Free Trade Agreement |
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What is domestic sourcing? |
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When goods are purchased or manufactured in the United States |
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What work is done during the fabric finishing stage of textile production? |
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Dyeing, printing, and other special treatments. |
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What do display directors do? |
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Create windows and other visual presentations in stores. |
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What part of the fashion industry is a stock clerk employed in? |
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Does the US have a trade surplus or deficit? |
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The U.S> has had a trade deficit since 1976. |
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What is the term for goods that are brought into the country from other countries? |
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What is a policy where governments do not place limits on trade between countries? |
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What is the economic system where business responds freely to the needs of the marketplace? |
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What is the difference between a countries imports and exports? |
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What are non-renewable resources? |
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Resources that can be used up and can't be replenished like petroleum. |
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What are two new fibers made form renewable resources? |
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What does it mean if a fashion product is made from sustainable resources? |
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The product does not deplete natural resources or cause environmental damage. |
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What are two products that can be recycled to make new clothing? |
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Used clothing and soda bottles. |
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You may be asked to write a tweet for a store on this test. What should you remember about writing a good tweet? |
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Be engaging, interesting, funny. Tell the reader information they don't know. Avoid things like percent off or sale. Tell about new products, or something going on in the world. |
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What is meant by the term ethics in the fashion industry? |
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If something is morally right to do. |
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