Which Is True of Colonial America

question 2

Multiple Choice

Which is true of colonial America?

• A) It was a matriarchal society.
• B) Behavior that we should consider rude or crude today was quite common.
• C) Colonial Americans were extremely clean.
• D) The discussion of sex was discouraged.

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Definitions:

Absorption Costing

An accounting method that includes all manufacturing costs (direct materials, direct labor, and overhead) in the cost of a product.

Variable Costing

An accounting method that only includes variable production costs—direct materials, direct labor, and variable manufacturing overhead—in product costs, with fixed overhead expenses recorded as period costs.

Inventory

The complete list of items such as property, goods in stock, or the contents of a building.

Absorption Costing

An accounting method that includes all of the costs associated with manufacturing a product in the product's cost.