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6th Grade
Unit 5: Government and Economics
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is a tariff? | Taxes that are placed on goods that travel over a political boundary. |
| What is globalization? | Dependence or reliance upon other countries for goods, services and resources. |
| What are the four types of economies? | Market, command(communism), mixed and traditional |
| Which type of economy lets people make all decisions about their economic activity and the government has no role in economic activities? | Market |
| Name a country that has a mixed economy. | USA, Germany, England |
| Which type of economy lets the government control all of the resources and make the decisions? | Command or Communism |
| Name two countries that have a command economy. | China and North Korea |
| Which type of economy is where a society uses the resources in its immediate vicinity to make the things it needs. | Traditional |
| Give an examples of a region or group that uses a traditional economy. | Inuit of northern Canada, Amish, tribes |
| Which economy uses rituals and cultural traditions based on family ancestry to run the economy? | Traditional |
| Which economy is related to communism where the government has strong control and does not allow citizens to own private property? | Command |
| Which type of economy has the prices of goods and services set by supply and demand and the consumer gets to decide what to buy? | Market |
| In which type of economy are people free to spend their money how they want to and people do not need permission to start a business? | Market |
| In which type of economy do people make their own tools and clothes and resources are owned by a group instead of individuals? | Traditional |
| In which type of economy are decisions based on religious beliefs and age is respected so the elders have the most power? | Traditional |
| Which type of economy has goods distributed on an as-need basis where the government decides what is needed and how much is made and what is made? | Command |
| What type of economy allows the government to regulate some businesses and the people create private businesses? | Mixed |
| What is the most common type of economy in the world? | Mixed |
| What do you call countries with strong economies and a high quality of life? | Developed countries |
| What do you call countries with less productive economies and a lower quality of life? | Developing countries |
| What is the value of all goods and services produced within a country in a single year called? | GDP gross domestic product |
| If a country has a low GDP and low life expectancy rates, is it a developed or developing nation? | Developing |
| Is the USA a developed or developing nation? | Developed |
| If a country has a high GDP, high literacy rates, high life expectancy rates and access to education and medicine, is it a developed or developing nation? | Developed |
| A type of democracy where citizens elect leader to represent them in government. | representative democracy or legislative democracy or republic |
| A small group that rules a country after taking it over by force. | Junta |
| When one person has all of the power. | Autocracy |
| Type of democracy where citizens are involved in day-to-day government. | Direct democracy |
| Type of government style that recognizes God as the ultimate authority in government and law. | Theocracy |
| Type of government where one leader has absolute control over citizens' lives. | Dictatorship |
| A type of government where a small group of people has all of the power. | Oligarchy |
| Type of government where a king or queen rules the country. | Monarchy |
| The citizens are not allowed to voice there opinion against the government. | Dictatorship |
| Voters choose representatives to make decisions and policies. | Democracy |
| Individual rights are protected in this type of government. | Democracy |
| People of different backgrounds and religions are respected in this type of government. | Democracy |
| Religion is discouraged in this type of government. | Dictatorship |
| People may live in fear that they might be killed for something they say in this type of government. | Dictatorship |
| When you don't have enough of a resource, good or service. | Scarcity |
| The process of exchanging goods or services one has for the goods or services one wants; related to importing and exporting. | Trade |
| A set of rules that guides how a country, state or other political organization works. | Constitution |
| No government in place; no control. | Anarchy |
| A system of laws and lawmakers responsible for creating a safe, productive and orderly nation. | Government |
| A system that includes the production, consumption and distribution of goods and services in a society. | Economics |
| What type of government does the USA have? | Representative democracy or legislative democracy or republic |
| Give an example of a country that has a dictatorship or communism in place. | North Korea, China |
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