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Notecards for Social studies

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Who owns the resources in a Traditional Economy?   Induviduals  
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Who owns the resources in a Command Economy?   The Government  
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Who owns the resources in a Market Economy?   Induviduals  
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What decides what will be produced in a Traditional Economy?   Customs and Beliefs  
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Who decides what will be produced in a Command Economy?   The Government  
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Who decides what will be produced in a Market Economy?   Whoever owns the company or factory  
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What will decide how things will be produced in a Traditional Economy?   Customs and Beliefs  
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What will decide how things will be produced in a Command Economy?   The Government  
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What will decide how things will be produced in a Market Economy?   Whoever owns the company  
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Who gets whats produced in a Traditional Economy?   Depends on who you are  
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Who gets whats produced in a Command Economy?   The Government decides  
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Who gets whats produced in a Market Economy?   Depends on money  
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F.O.Ps   Land, Labor, Capital  
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Land   Non man-made materials used to make a good or service  
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Labor   The skills, knowledge, time and energy of people involved in making a product or service.  
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Capital   Man-made items like tools and factories used to provide a good or service  
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Want   The desire or need for a product or service  
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Production   The combination of the land, labor, and capital to make a good or service  
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Distribution   The act of making a good or service available to people  
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Consumption   The act of using a good or service. Satisfaction may only be temporary  
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Benefits   The positive aspects associated with a choice  
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Scarcity   The absence of something that results from the conflict between unlimited wants and limited resources  
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Opportunity Cost   The most important benefit that you give up because you chose something else  
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Traditional Economy   Everyone works for the good of everyone else. May be considered "Primitive" by some  
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Command Economy   You have little to say in economic decisions. You will do as you are told and you will like it or else! The Government controls all the F.O.P.  
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Market Economy   People have a major say in economic decisions. Most are motivated by the opportunity to make money.  
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Mixed Economy   An economy that is a mixture of the three basic systems  
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Weakness in bartering   Inconvenient in today's economy  
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Money as a medium of exchange   It's what you give to get something else. People accept it because they can use it to buy something for themselves  
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Money as a standard of value   People understand the comparative worth of an object or service when discussing its price or the money it generates  
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Money as a store of value   It can be recognized when you decide to keep it instead of spending it. You are storing it for use in the future  
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Money is generally acceptable   Everyone is willing to take money in exchange for goods and services because they too will be able to use it or save it.  
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Money is easily counted and measured   Makes it easy to establish prices, keep track of value, profits and losses.  
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Money is durable   Money lasts for a long time and is not easily destroyed  
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Money is convenient   It is easy to carry and use  
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Money is cheap to produce   Today's paper money and coins are much less expensive then the past practice of mining precious metals for coins.  
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Money is easily controlled   In the growing economy, there must be a continuous supply of money with just the right amount available  
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Value of currency   It is officially recognized as currency by the U.S. federal government  
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What impact did the Dredd Scoot verdict have on America?   It defined slavery as constitutional, and slaves as property  
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Thurgood Marshall was not only Linda Brown's lawyer but later...   The first African-American supreme Court Justice  
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Amendment XXVII (27) limits how Congress may receive pay raises by...   Not allowing member to receive the raises they give themselves until after they win re-election  
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Amendment XVIII (18) and XXI (21) are related because...   XVII (18) made alcohol illegal and XXI (21) made it legal again  
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Amendment XIII (13) was added to the Constitution as a result of...   The North's defeat of the South in the Civil War  
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Amendment XIV (14)   Gave African Americans citizenship  
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What was the basis of Dred Scott's argument in the U.S. Supreme Court?   Having being brought by his master into a free state he was thereby a freeman  
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Amendment XXIV (24) ended   Poll tax  
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What might be an argument behind the XXVI (26) Amendment?   If you are old enough to fight, you are old enough to vote  
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The Miranda warning explains a person's rights under the   Fifth Amendment  
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In Tinker versus Des Moines, the Supreme Court ruled that students   Have a right to free speech  
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What was the effect of Nixon refusing to turn over the Watergate tapes?   Nixon resigned  
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Roe versus Wade involves which Amendment and the right to privacy?   The Fourteenth Amendment  
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The most recent Amendment to the Constitution deals with?   Congressional salaries  
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What did the most recent voting rights Amendment do?   It lowered the age to 18 in all elections  
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Several constitutional Amendments reflect the change in attitude about?   Who has the right to vote  
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True or false The term "separate but equal" was given Constitutional approval by the Brown vs. Board verdict in the Supreme Court   False  
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Challenged the abortion laws in Texas   Roe vs. Wade  
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Decision emphasized that no one is above the law   Nixon vs. United States  
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Adopted a policy banning armbands   Tinker vs. Desmoines Public Schools  
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This case supported slave owners   Dred Scott vs. Sandford  
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Overturned Plessy vs. Ferguson   Brown vs. Board Of Education in Topkea  
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