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WorksheetsEconomies and government types
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
What is a command economy?
A system based on custom and historical precedent.
A system driven by private ownership of property & resources, competition, and profit motive. Consumer is king.
Individuals and businesses are owners and decision makers for the private sector while the government is owner and decision maker for the public sector.
A system run with central ownership (usually by government) of property and resources. The consumer gets what the government offers.
What is a traditional economy?
A system driven by private ownership of property & resources, competition, and profit motive. Consumer is king.
A system based on custom and historical precedent.
A system run with central ownership (usually by government) of property and resources. The consumer gets what the government offers.
Individuals and businesses are owners and decision makers for the private sector while the government is owner and decision maker for the public sector.
What is a mixed economy?
Individuals and businesses are owners and decision makers for the private sector while the government is owner and decision maker for the public sector.
A system driven by private ownership of property & resources, competition, and profit motive. Consumer is king.
A system based on custom and historical precedent.
A system run with central ownership (usually by government) of property and resources. The consumer gets what the government offers.
What type of economy do we have in the U.S.?
Command
Traditional
Free-Market
Mixed
Which type of economy has the most government involvement?
Mixed
Command
Traditional
Free-Market
Which type of economy has the least government involvement?
Free-Market
Command
Traditional
Mixed
What is a free-market economy?
A system driven by private ownership of property & resources, competition, and profit motive. Consumer is king.
A system run with central ownership (usually by government) of property and resources. The consumer gets what the government offers.
Individuals and businesses are owners and decision makers for the private sector while the government is owner and decision maker for the public sector.
A system based on custom and historical precedent.
In which type of economy do people usually perform the same job as their parents, grandparents and children?
Traditional
Free-Market
Command
Mixed
In which type of economy does the consumer have the most choice?
Command
Free-Market
Traditional
Mixed
In which type of economy does the consumer have the least choice?
Traditional
Mixed
Command
Free-Market
What type of government is it if the leader inherits his/her position?
democracy
monarchy
dictatorship
oligarchy
What type of government is it if the ruler takes over by force?
democracy
monarchy
dictatorship
oligarchy
Which type of government is being described? Today is the first Tuesday in November. Today is Election Day! Everyone who is over eighteen years old has the right to vote for the leader of his/her country.
democracy
monarchy
dictatorship
oligarchy
Which type of government is being described? Mufasa, the king has died. Simba is the heir to the throne. Simba's wicked uncle plots to become the pride's new king.
democracy
monarchy
dictatorship
oligarchy
What type of government is being described? Fidel Castro held total authority over the citizens of Cuba and punished any citizen that opposed him.
democracy
monarchy
dictatorship
oligarchy
What type of government allows the citizens to vote in elections for its leaders?
democracy
monarchy
dictatorship
oligarchy
What is a government?
an organization that keeps order, sets rules, and provides services for a society
adding territory to a country
a society with a culture
a system where people produce, sell and buy goods
Example: United States; citizens vote for representatives on local, state and national levels who make laws.
Monarchy
Anarchy
Theocracy
Representative Democracy
Example: Saddam Hussein from Iraq in the 1980s-2000s
Supreme Leader
Pope
Dictator
Monarch
An economic and political system in which the government controls or owns all the businesses, farms, means of production, wages and prices
Oligarchy
Monarchy
Democracy
Communism
one person rules the country
autocracy
oligarchy
anarchy
theocracy
a king or queen with total control
absolute monarchy
constitutional monarchy
any kind of monarchy
a small group of people, often determined by social class
autocracy
democracy
direct democracy
oligarchy
the people directly vote on all issues
representative democracy
direct democracy
autocracy
theocracy
the people elect representatives that vote for them
representative democracy
direct democracy
oligarchy
anarchy
the country is governed by a religious doctrine
anarchy
theocracy
direct democracy
oligarchy
THERE IS NO GOVERNMENT
autocracy
dictatorship
absolute monarchy
anarchy
