Structures of Government

Characteristics of a Country Borders Population Sovereignty – The ability to make laws 4) Government

Authoritarian = Dictator Types of Government Authoritarian = Dictator Monarchy/Democracy Monarch = King or Queen Family members take power Complete power or figurehead Democracy = President People elect their leader People free to make choices One person in charge Not chosen by population Makes all laws Controls all aspects of your life and society

Economic Systems - Capitalism Business decisions made by individuals People buy/sell as they wish Create whatever you want Variety of companies Creates competition Keeps prices low You own a lemonade stand, set your prices, and get enough money for two stands

Economic Systems - Communism You own a stand, but the government takes the stand and sets the prices, tells you how much to produce, and forces everyone else to work at the lemonade stand too Government owns everything and makes all business decisions Nobody can own their own business All people in theory are equal because they all work as a community

Economic Systems - Socialism Government and the people make business decisions together Government tries to narrow income gap between rich and poor Equal opportunities You have a lemonade stand, the government makes you give lemons to your neighbor so they can have a stand too

Smartie activity Group 3 White - 6 Purple – 3 Yellow – 4 Green – 5 Orange – 1 Red – 2 Group 2 Purple – 2 Yellow – 5 Green – 6 Orange – 3 Red – 1 White - 4 Your goal is to trade smarties with other people and try to end up with the largest point value of smarties at the end of the allotted time There is no limit as to who you can trade with Group 3 Purple – 2 Yellow – 2 Green – 2 Orange – 2 Red – 2 White - 2

Further Instructions – Count your Totals Everybody count your totals Group 3 Purple – 2 Yellow – 2 Green – 2 Orange – 2 Red – 2 White - 2 Group 1 White - 6 Purple – 3 Yellow – 4 Green – 5 Orange – 1 Red – 2 Group 2 Purple – 2 Yellow – 5 Green – 6 Orange – 3 Red – 1 White - 4

“Rewards” – You May buy more than 1 of something, But you must have clothes, food, shelter, and transportation Group 1 Groups 2 and 3 Mansion – $25 Normal House – $15 Small House – $10 Lamborghini – $15 Ford Focus – $10 Bike – $5 Clothes – $3 Points Food – $2 Points Normal House – $15 Small House – $10 Ford Focus – $10 Bike – $5 Clothes – $5 Food – $5

Reflection questions Write two examples for each Economic System as to how this activity with the smarties represented each system we learned about.