Government Regulatory Agencies
Businesses and Business Leaders
General Business Regulations
Acts & Protections
Encouraging Fair Trade
100
The agency established in 1934 to regulate television and radio broadcasting
What is the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
100

This person is the founder and CEO of SpaceX and Tesla.

Who is Elon Musk?

100
A legally protected name, logo, or design registered to restrict its use to the owner
What is Trademark Law
100

This original antitrust law was designed to discourage monopolies by outlawing business agreements among competitions.

What is the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890?

100

This exists when only one company provides a product or service without competition from other companies.

What is a monopoly?
200
The agency that regulates labeling, packaging, and sale of food, drugs and cosmetics
What is the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
200
This social media network began in 2007, which allowed users to post messages up to 280 characters.

What is Twitter?

200

An agreement in which the federal government gives an inventor the sole right for 20 years to make, use, and sell an invention or a process

What is a Patent

200

Microsoft was in violation of the act when it required computer makers that wanted to buy its dominant Windows operating system to also accept its Internet Explorer browser.

What is the Clayton Act?

200

This type of monopoly exists because it would ultimately be better for consumers because of the large cost involved in developing or supplying a product or service. (such as public utilities)

What is a natural monopoly?

300
The federal regulatory body established by Congress in 1934 to oversee the trade of stocks and bonds and the operations of financial markets
What is Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
300

This business newspaper is published by Down Jones and has been published since its inception on July 8, 1869.

What is the Wall Street Journal?

300

Legal protection from unauthorized use of intellectual property fixed in any tangible medium of expression

What is Copyright

300
A 2001 federal law that permits the U.S. government wider powers to access individual records
What is USA Patriot Act
300

Issuing a patent is an example of this type of monopoly.

What is a temporary monopoly?

400
The regulatory body charged with assuring fair dealing in relation to goods and services in terms of such things as truth in advertising; it governs all commercial advertising
What is the Federal Trade Commission
400

This company would represent McDonald's  main competitor.

What is Burger King?

400

This consists of creations of the mind, that includes inventions, literary and artistic works, designs, symbols and names and images used in commerce

What is Intellectual Property

400

In 1938 this governmental act was pass to strengthen earlier laws outlawing unfair method of competition.  This act focused on unfair or deceptive practices, such as false advertising.

What is the Wheeler-Lea Act?

400

Protection through patents is a method of protecting inventors.  Name the THREE types of patents.

What is design, utility, and plant?

500

The agency established to regulate safety standards, airplane accidents and take offs and landings.

What is Federal Aviation Administration? (FAA)

500

This person is the CEO of Apple.

Who is Tim Cook?

500

Copyrighted material is protected for this length of time.

What is the author's life plus 70 years?

500

This act was established in 1936 and its purpose was to eliminate price discrimination.

What is the Robinson-Patman Act?

500

This legal process allows for the selling of assets to pay off debts, and if cash is not available, to be excused from paying unpaid debts.

What is the Bankruptcy?

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