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8th Grade
09/08/2009

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Term
Purposes of Government
Definition
  1. maintain social order
  2. provide public services
  3. provide for national security and the common defense
  4. to provid for and control the economic system
Term
Purposes of a Constitution
Definition
  1. set out ideals the people believe and share
  2. establis the basic structure of government and define the gov't's powers
  3. provides the supreme law for company
Term
Major Types of Governments
Definition
  1. autocracy
  2. oligarchy
  3. democracy
Term
Role of Economic System
Definition
  1. what and how much should be produced
  2. how goods and services should be produced
  3. who gets the goods and services that are produced
Term
Charecteristics of Capitalism
Definition
  1. private ownership and control of propertty and economic resources
  2. free enterprise
  3. competition among businesses
  4. freedom of choice
  5. possibility of profits
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Socialism's   123 Main Goals
Definition
  1. the distribution of wealth and economic opportunities equally amongst people
  2. society's control thorough it's government of all major decisions of production
  3. public ownership of must land and means of production
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