CAPITALISM VS. COMMUNISM

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CAPITALISM VS. COMMUNISM BrainPop Communism
video worksheet I. Definition of
communism Communism is an economic system where
wealth is ____________________ to
everybody. Commuism is the ___________ of
capitalism, where everyone ________________to
make money. In a pure communist society, there
would be___________________, and everyone would
be __________ in wealth and social status. II.
Description of communist countries The reality
is that communist countries tend to be
______________, concentrating power in the hands
of _________ people or even one dictator. Most
communist societies have ended up benefiting
__________, at the expense of ____________________
_. Communist states like ___________ and
________________are examples of those tendencies.
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• III. Brief history of communism
• Communism was the creation of ___________
  and_________________, two German philosophers.
  In the late 19th century, they published a short
  political pamphlet called The Communist
  Manifesto.
• Marx and Engels thought that capitalism had
  created a society of _____________________ the
  proletariat and the bourgeoisie
• Proletariat gt the____________________, which
  made up the majority of society
• Bourgeoisie gt the___________________, who owned
  ____________(factories, buildings, property,
  money)

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• By the early 20th century, some governments were
  being replaced with communist ones first
  in___________, then in _____________. But in
  both of these countries, the communist leaders
  quickly established _______________ governments,
  putting most of the power in the hand of
  a___________________.
• IV. Results of communism
• Communist societies have a _________________
  economy, meaning just about everything is
  controlled by the_______________. That puts a
  lot of power into very few peoples hands.
• Most communist countries havent had very
  successful economies
• The _________________ (which included communist
  Russia) collapsed in the early 1990s.
• _____________has begun to switch back to a market
  economy capitalism
• Cuba and North Korea both _______________________
  from other countries to survive.
• Some say that communism has a built-in problem
  no matter how hard you work, you still get the
  ________________. There is a lot less of a reason
  for people to put in their best effort.
• TURN OVER FOR QUESTIONS

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• QUESTIONS
• Contrast capitalism and communism in four
  different ways
• Capitalism Communism
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• 2. 2.
• 3. 3.
• 4. 4.
• 2. Why have countries with a communist economy
  not been historically successful?
• 3. Would you want to live and work in a communist
  economy? Why or why not?