Deck 2: The Consumer Movement

Question 1

Who is considered the father of the modern consumer movement?

A)Andrew Carnegie
B)Alan Greenspan
C)Adam Smith
D)Harvey Wiley

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Who wrote the book ʺUnsafe at Any Speedʺ?

A)Alan Greenspan
B)Esther Peterson
C)Ralph Nader
D)Upton Sinclair

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which is characterized as a drastic and long-lasting decline in the economy with high unemployment, falling prices, and decreasing business activity?

A)Expansion
B)Recession
C)Depression
D)Contraction

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Conspicuous consumption occurs when someone pays an extremely low price for a product for its prestige value, leading to a much higher demand than a simple price -demand relationship would indicate.

Question 5

The undesirable change in biological, chemical, or physical characteristics of air, land, or water that harms activities, health, or survival of living organisms is

A)trash.
B)junk.
C)pollution.
D)spam.

Question 6

Who wrote The Jungle?

A)Upton Sinclair
B)Alan Greenspan
C)Esther Peterson
D)Ralph Nader

Question 7

Currently, the richest man in the United States is

A)Donald Trump.
B)Bill Gates.
C)Sam Walton.
D)Michael Jackson.

Question 8

The turn of the 19-20th century was a time of great promise called .

Question 9

The father of the modern consumer movement was .

Question 10

The consumer movement refers to policies aimed at regulating products, services, methods, and standards of manufacture, selling, and advertising in the interests of the buyer.

Question 11

President Clinton signed which had a large impact on trade and employment in certain industries, as well as an impact on prices.

Question 12

A person acting in his/her own rational self interest is selfish.

Question 13

, biologist and author of Silent Spring, is the founder of the modern environmental movement.

A)Rachel Carson
B)Christine Frederick
C)Pauline Erlich
D)John Kenneth Galbraith

Question 14

Antitrust laws promote monopolies.

Question 15

When people make choices that will give them the greatest amount of satisfaction at a particular time based on the information they have at their disposal, it is called

A)economic independence.
B)conspicuous consumption.
C)rational self interest.
D)socialism.

Question 16

Bricks and clicks means

A)money in the bank with an online accessibility.
B)a physical and an online store.
C)an online store that sells bricks.
D)a house made out of bricks and a door that clicks.

Question 17

Concern for the environment is known as

A)nationalism.
B)consumerism.
C)consumer economics.
D)environmentalism.

Question 18

The first federal law specifically enacted to protect consumers was the
.

Question 19

Harvey Wileyʹs work paved the way for the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906.

Question 20

Carter is considered a weak pro-consumer president.

Question 21

What was the Poison Squad?

Question 22

An order to a business calling to cease ʺunfair or deceptive acts or practicesʺ is called a
.

Question 23

What is the Consumers Union Web Watch?

Question 24

What were the rights in Kennedyʹs Consumer Bill of Rights?