1. The Economic Spectrum How do different countries manage production, distribution, and trade?
WG.10.B classify where specific countries fall along the economic spectrum between free enterprise and communism
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SOCIAL STUDIES INSTRUCTIONAL TEAM

2. Which words are you familiar with, and which do you not yet know?
Traditional Economy
Command Economy
Market Economy
Control
Beliefs and Customs
Supply and Demand
Communism
Free Enterprise
Socialism

3. How are goods produced and traded here?
Traditional economy
Determined by
Survival and needs of the tribe or village
Customs and beliefs passed down
Self, family, fellow tribe members
A system where the individuals, families, and tribes produce the goods and products that they need. The goods are usually produced through customs, beliefs, and traditions passed directly to the young. Goods are usually produced for those who will consume them, but trade occurs when special skills or surplus goods are available through direct barter.
TRADITIONAL ECONOMY!

4. How are goods produced and traded here?
COMMAND/ PLANNED ECONOMY!
How are goods produced and traded here?
A system where the government, rather than the free market, determines what goods should be produced, how much should be produced and the price at which the goods will be offered for sale. The command economy is a key feature of any communist society. China, Cuba, North Korea and the former Soviet Union are examples of countries that have command economies.

5. How are goods produced and traded here?
MARKET ECONOMY!
How are goods produced and traded here?
An economic system in which economic decisions and the pricing of goods and services are guided solely by the aggregate interactions of a country's citizens and businesses and there is little government intervention or central planning.

6. How are goods produced and traded here?
MIXED ECONOMY!
How are goods produced and traded here?
An economic system that includes a mixture of capitalism and socialism. This type of economic system includes a combination of private economic freedom and centralized economic planning and government regulation.

7. What do you notice? FORMER USSR CUBA CHINA NORTH KOREA MODERN RUSSIA
SWEDEN
NETHERLANDS
FINLAND
UNITED STATES
GREAT BRITAIN
FRANCE
MONACO

8. Let’s see what we know… Which are you ready to answer, and which do you need a peek?
Using the economic spectrum, where would Canada fall in relation to the United States?
A closer to socialism
B closer to free enterprise
C closer to the communism
D much closer to free enterprise
Where would Japan likely fall on the economic spectrum?
F A
G B
H C
J D

9. Let’s see what we know… Which are you ready to answer, and which do you need a peek?
The European Union has which type of economy?
A traditional economy
B command economy
C market economy
D limited economy
Which of the following is an example of an economy where economic decisions are made based on customs and beliefs?
A Han in China
B Belgians in Europe
C French in Canada
D Aborigines of Australia

10. Talk to each other, and then talk to me…
WG.10.B classify where specific countries fall along the economic spectrum between free enterprise and communism
How do different countries manage production, distribution, and trade?
Use the word wall words to answer.

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