9/14
We continued going over the Asian maps. The test will be in a couple of weeks.
Students were given time to work on the Economic Governments. Presentations will start tomorrow.
9/15
WATCH debate at 8 o clock 8pm Wednesday night
Migrants from Syria: Isis causing people to flee. Refugees dying often trying to leave.
Socialism: a political and economic theory of social organization that advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.
Capitalism: an economic and political system in which a country's trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state.
9/16
We continued going over the Asian maps. The test will be late next week at the earliest.
The Economic/Political System Project presentations started today and will continue tomorrow.
If you watch the Republican Presidential Debate tomorrow night at 7 PM on CNN, you can earn 10 extra credit points. The debate can be streamed on cnn.com. I will need a parent note, email or call to confirm.
9/17
MIxed Economies are a combination of 2 or more economies
President Debate: Carly Fiona, Marco Rubio, Jeb Bus, Chris Christie did better while
Top 1% has 40% of the wealth in the US
Direct democracy (also known as pure democracy) is a form of democracy in which people decide (e.g. vote on, form consensus on) policy initiatives directly.
Representative democracy (also indirect democracy or psephocracy) is a variety of Democracy founded on the principle of elected officials representing a group of people
9/18
Monarch a form of government with a monarch at the head.
People are poor because they aren't smart with their decision making.
Comments
Good this week but you didn't do the other two weeks!