Key American Documents
Free Enterprise
Profits and Losses
Equations
Misc.
100

What document explains why the colonies shouldn't be ruled by Great Britain?

A. Bill of Rights

B. Constitution

C. Declaration of Independence 

C. Declaration of Independence 

100

Who may lower their prices to get people to buy from them?

A. Competition

B. Sellers

C. Consumer

B. Seller

100

What is the opposite of profit?

A. Money

B. Losses 

C. Cost

B. Losses

100

What does the equation of Total Revenue look like?

We are selling 1,200 boxes of cat treats. The actual price is $8, but our price is $16.

1,200 x 8

100

Who believed no one can take away a persons natural rights?

A. John Adams

B. James Madison

C. Thomas Jefferson

C. Thomas Jefferson

200

What is the first 10 Amendments of the Constitution called?

A. Amendment 5

B. Bill of Rights

C. Natural Rights

B. Bill of Rights

200

Unfair treatment based on their race is an example of what?

A. Discrimination

B. Free Choice

C. Exchange

A. Discrimination 

200

What term refers to all money a business brings in?

A. Cost

B. Revenue

C. Legal

B. Revenue

200

What does the equation of Total Cost look like?

We are selling 4,000 notebooks. The actual price is $4, but our price is $8.

4,000 x 8

200

Who is called the Father of Economics?

A. John Adams

B. James Madison

C. Alexander Hamilton

B. James Madison

300

John Adams is called what?

A. The Father of Economics

B. The Father of the Constitution

C. The Father of Law

B. The Father of the Constitution 

300

What gets businesses to provide goods and services?

A. Free Enterprise

B. Profit Incentive

C. Property  

B. Profit Incentive

300

What type of production cost remains the same no matter how much is produced?

A. Consumer Cost

B. Variable Cost

C. Fixed Cost

C. Fixed Cost 

300

Solve the equation for Total Revenue?

Our company is selling 6,000 cups. The average price is $10, our price were selling at is $16.

6,000 x 10= $60,000

300

What can you own and control in a free Enterprise system?

A. Business

B. Property

C. Nothing

B. Property 

400

Who was the writer of the Declaration of Independance?

A. Thomas Jefferson

B. John Adams

C. King George III

A. Thomas Jefferson

400

What is it called when 2 to 3 people buy and sell without being forced?

A. Free Enterprise 

B. Natural Rights

C. Voluntary Exchange 

C. Voluntary Exchange 

400

What is another name for a fixed cost? 

A. Overhead 

B. Insurance 

C. Labor

A. Overhead

400

Solve the equation for Total Cost?

Our company is selling 6,000 cups. The average price is $10, our price were selling at is $16.

6,000 x 16= $96,000

400

What it is called when you are told you no longer have a job?

A. Laid Off

B. Fired 

C. Vacation

A. Laid Off

500

What explains when the government has the right to take private property?

A. Amendment 5

B. Amendment

C. Bill of Rights

A. Amendment 5

500

What is the system of the American economy?

A. Free Enterprise 

B. Market

C. Capitalist 

A. Free Enterprise 


500

What type of production cost changes depending on how much a business produces?

A. Variable Cost

B. Fixed Cost

C Investment

A. Variable Cost

500
Solve for profit.

If our Total Revenue is 82,450, and our Total Cost is 120,430. What is out profit 

82,450 - 120,430= $37,980

500

What do businesses and consumers compete in?

A. Market

B. Government

C. Profit 

A. Market