14. which policy would be in the best interests of consumers?
a. increasing tariffs
b. decreasing minimum wage
c. breaking up large companies to increase competition
d. changing loan interest rates to encourage saving rather than borrowing

15. which statement best explains why division of labor increases labor productivity?
a. employers can pay workers more money when they get more done.
b. employers must fire some of their workers so fewer people have to get the work done.
c. workers learn to do their jobs more quickly when they repeat the same tasks. d. workers try to work more quickly because their jobs are more boring.

Many of the mauryan empire’s huge pillars originally were transported from quarries in india. a. central b. eastern c. southern d. western

Which statement is not true about the missouri compromise? 1.) slave owners could pursue escaped slaves into “free” regions. 2.) maine entered the union as a free state. 3.) slavery was allowed throughout the louisiana territory. 4.) missouri entered the union as a slave state.

Choose the best example of an indirect confrontation for the following situation: peter, a local school board member hired john whom owns a local print shop to make custom t-shirts for his son's basketball team, the ravens. they are about to play their final game of the year and are having a party to celebrate their semi-finalist rankings. unfortunately, the printer made a mistake and printed on red/blue shirts instead of black/blue which are the team's actual colors. peter explains to john that the team's colors are black/blue instead of red/blue and asks john what he thinks they should do. peter explains to john that the team's colors are black/blue and demands that john re-print the shirts on the correct colors. peter agrees to take the red/blue shirts but then posts a negative yelp review on john's business. peter agrees to take the red/blue shirts but tells everyone he can in the school about the incident and tells them not to buy from john. peter rejects the shirts and files a lawsuit to attempt to recover the down payment he made to john.