Economies
Business Organizations
Factors of Production
Vocabulary
Mish-Mash
100

What is the purpose of an economy?

It determines how citizens meets their wants and needs.

100

What type of business has more than one owner who share the costs, ideas, and profits of the business?

partnership

100

The factor of production which is the ability of a person to run his/her business to the best of their abilities?

entrepreneur

100

What is the term of given to an economic rule that states buyers will demand more products when they can buy them at lower prices and fewer products when they must buy them at higher prices?

law of demand
100

What is the title given to an individual who runs the day-to-day operations of a corporation?

chief executive officer

200

Which type of economy does the government make all economic decisions?

command economy

200

Which type of business organization is considered a legal entity by the government?

corporation

200

The factor of production that is influenced by the concept of scarcity?

natural resources

200

What is the name given to a company that controls all production of a good or service?

monopoly

200

Which NFL team is owned by stockholders?

Green Bay Packers

300

Which type of economy uses the past as way of exchanging goods and services?

traditional economy

300

What type of business organization is owned by one person?

sole proprietorship

300

The factor of production in which productivity is part of the equation?

labor

300

What are profits paid to stockholders?

dividends

300

Give an example of a non-profit organization.

vary

400

Which type of economy does private individuals make the economic decisions?

market economy

400

Which type of business organization does not earn a profit, but often is a charity?

nonprofit organization

400

The factor of production in which machines are important?

capital

400

Who is a person who owns part of a corporation?

stockholder

400

What is the term given to multiple businesses who join together to form one big corporation?

conglomerate 

500

Why does the United States have what is considered a mixed economy?

It is a mixture between a market economy and a command economy.

500

What are some disadvantages of a sole proprietorship?

1. loss of personal belongings if business fails

2. no one to help share costs

3. no one to help invest capital

500

Which factor of production would include oil and gasoline?

natural resources

500

What is the name given to the economic rule that states that businesses will provide more products when they can sell them at higher prices and fewer products when they must sell them at lower prices?

law of supply

500

Which corporation owns Kentucky Fried Chicken and Pizza Hut?

Pepsi Corporation