customs
Import duties are the most common customs taxes. This topic is part of Trade within Government & Society. This page currently draws on 19 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
customs trivia questions
Customs authorities inspect goods crossing what?
Answer: International borders
Bonus fact: They enforce import and export rules.
What is a customs duty?
Answer: Tax on imported or exported goods
Bonus fact: Import duties are the most common customs taxes.
Why do travelers sometimes have to declare goods at customs?
Answer: To determine whether restrictions or duties apply
Bonus fact: Declarations help authorities enforce trade and safety rules.
For U.S. customs purposes, an object generally must be at least how old to qualify as an antique under the tariff definition?
Answer: 100 years
Bonus fact: U.S. tariff law generally uses an age threshold of more than 100 years for antiques.
Culture includes a group's shared customs, beliefs, arts, and what?
Answer: Ways of life
Bonus fact: Culture encompasses learned patterns of behavior, ideas, practices, and symbols.
What term describes learning the customs and norms of the culture in which a person grows up?
Answer: Enculturation
Bonus fact: Enculturation is the process of learning one's surrounding culture.
Folklore includes traditional stories, legends, customs, and what passed within a culture?
Answer: Beliefs
Bonus fact: Folklore encompasses traditional expressive culture passed through communities.
What kind of traditional story often explains natural phenomena or the origins of customs and involves gods or supernatural beings?
Answer: Myth
Bonus fact: Myths often explain origins, natural events, or sacred traditions.
What is the name of the ambitious heroine of Edith Wharton's The Custom of the Country?
Answer: Undine Spragg
Bonus fact: The Custom of the Country was published in 1913.
Who wrote the novel "The Custom of the Country"?
Answer: Edith Wharton
Bonus fact: The 1913 novel is a sharp satire of wealth, marriage, and social ambition.
What is the first name of the socially ambitious heroine of "The Custom of the Country"?
Answer: Undine
Bonus fact: Undine Spragg relentlessly pursues status in American and European high society.
Mythology is a collection of traditional stories about gods, heroes, and what?
Answer: Origins or natural phenomena
Bonus fact: Myths often explain origins, customs, and natural events.