Economic Spectrum Government Stuff Old Dudes ISMs BIG Events
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What is a MIXED ECONOMY?
An economic structure that combines a mixture of control and freedom in balance.
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What is PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION?
When a political party wins a percentage of seats in the popular vote that is the same percentage of votes that they receive to form a gov't.
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Who was ADAM SMITH?
The Wealth of Nations; he felt that government intervention in the economy would stop or stifle innovation.
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What is COMMUNISM?
Collective ownership of the means of production with a strong central government that establishes order and control.
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What is the CUBAN MISSILE CRISIS?
1962, hottest part of the Cold War; USSR and USA open diplomatic talks to ignore an incident involving nuclear weapons.
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What is a CAPITALIST/FREE MARKET?
An economic system that outlines little government control in the marketplace.
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What is POPULAR VOTE?
When an election is starting, this indicates the leading candidate or the most “popular” one.
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Who was THOMAS HOBBES?
Felt that people were inherently evil and dangerous; He felt citizens needed a strong government that would control them.
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What is SOCIALISM/MARXISM?
Collective means of production with a cooperative planning of economics and politics. No need for a government.
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What is the INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION?
1750s-1850s, began the onset of Classical Liberalism that saw a shift from agriculture to factory production.
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What is a COMMAND ECONOMY?
An economic system that believes in cooperation over competition.
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What is a REFERENDUM?
When the government has a vote opened up to the citizens asking them a question; it is binding (they will listen to the decision).
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Who was KARL MARX?
He believed in a classless society where the means of production were owned by the proletariat; ideally, no government is needed.
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What is CAPITALISM?
Innovation and private enterprise; the market is to be left completely alone and truly defines Classical Liberalism.
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What is the IRON CURTAIN?
A fictional drapery that Churchill claimed separated USSR control from western (USA) control after WWII.
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What is the INVISIBLE HAND?
The economic principle that people will make decisions based in their own interest; but will also make decisions to help each other out (giving them a hand).
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What is a REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY?
The system Canada uses where a politician represents a group of people living in a constituency; roughly all constituencies have the same amount of people.
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Who was JOHN STUART MILL?
On Liberty; He believed that people should commit to self-improvement and that will lead to absolute freedom.
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What is FASCISM?
Radical nationalism, authoritarian, committed to state obedience and militaristic expansion through territory.
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What is the FLQ CRISIS?
1970 Quebec saw the kidnapping of 2 officials with one being murdered by this extremist group that looked to secure Quebec independence through terrorism.
What is COLLECTIVIZATION?
Stalin’s idea to gather all the farmland in the USSR, especially from the Ukrainians.
What is a SECRET BALLOT?
During an election, these are cast by the public to have their voice heard; they are secret.
Who was JOHN LOCKE?
He believed that a government was needed to keep the peace, but they are ultimately responsible to the people and can be replaced.
What is ANARCHISM?
Advocates a stateless society and sometimes uses violence to show how undesirable they feel towards the state.
What is the WAR MEASURES ACT?
This had been enacted three times; it suspends the rights of citizens in order to protect the Canadian state and Canadians.






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