Week Of Sept. 12- Sept. 16

Clinton was diagnosed with pneumonia after falling when trying to get into her car.  

After Ryan Lochte's dance on Dancing with the Stars, protesters came on the stage and a security guard had to take one down.

The poverty rate of one person is 12,000.

The median income costs are coming up.

Economic Systems:

1. Capitalism- You get to keep what you earn and there is a profit motive. Where businesses are run by people. (Examples- United States, Canada, Mexico, Peru, Jamaica)

2. Socialism- Everyone is treated equally and everyone gets the same amount. Ultimate goal is to create Communism. Government would control businesses. (Examples- People's Republic of China, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Somalia, Portuguese Republic, Lao People's Democratic Republic)

3. Mixed economy- Capitalism and socialism combined together.

Political Systems:

1. Practice of Communism- A political system where productive resources are owned by the public or the state. Their wealth is divided out equally or according to one's needs. (Examples- China, Cuba, Laos, North Korea, Vietnam)

2. Theory of Communism-Karl Marx- the theory that there is a class struggle and there should be a society in which there are no classes. 

3. Absolute Monarchy- A form of government where there is one leader that is passed down through the royal family. (Examples- Swaziland, Saudi Arabia)

4. Constitutional Monarchy- A monarchy where if the leader wants something it has to be checked by parliament. (Examples- Sweden, japan, U.K)

5. Direct Democracy- A type of government in which all laws or policies are voted on by the people. (Examples- Switzerland, Ancient Grease, some areas in Latin America/Europe.)

6. Representative Democracy- A type of government where the laws and policies are decided on by elected representatives or leaders. (Examples- United States, Canada, Russia, Finland, United Kingdom)

7. Dictatorship- A form of government where one person rules.

8. Anarchy- An absence of government.

9. Oligarchy- A small group of people that have control of a country. 

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