6th Grade: Government/Economics

When every citizens has an equal say in the workings of a government

• Direct Democracy

• Representative Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Autocracy

• Theocracy

When citizens elect representatives who make the laws

• Direct Democracy

• Representative Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Autocracy

• Theocracy

When the government is ruled by few, select members

• Direct Democracy

• Representative Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Autocracy

• Theocracy

When one person has all the power in the government

• Dictatorship

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Autocracy

• Theocracy

When a government recognizes God or a divine being as the ultimate authority

• Dictatorship

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Autocracy

• Theocracy

When a small group of people, usually military officers, rule a country after taking it over by force

• Dictatorship

• Monarchy

• Oligarchy

• Autocracy

• Junta

Capitalism

• Economic System in which money is invested in business ventures with the goal of making money

• an economic system in which the government controls things and gives them out as needed

• An economic system in which the people own all aspects of business and share all goods and services

Socialism

• Economic System in which money is invested in business ventures with the goal of making money

• an economic system in which the government controls things and gives them out as needed

• An economic system in which the people own all aspects of business and share all goods and services

Communism

• Economic System in which money is invested in business ventures with the goal of making money

• an economic system in which the government controls things and gives them out as needed

• An economic system in which the people own all aspects of business and share all goods and services

Adam Smith wrote about

• Communism

• Capitalism

• Socialism

• Dictatorships