Why did the “system” described in this excerpt develop

1• political and economic system greatly influenced by the ideas karl marx • factors of production owned by the government • production and distribution of goods controlled by central planners what form of government is described above? a. monarchy b. direct democracy c. communism d. oligarchy

In the 1980s, more russians worked to encourage change in the government by a) establishing a new political system. b) rallying for democratic reforms. c) supporting the democratic system. d) resisting gorbachev’s reforms.

Characteristics of what type of economic system are being described below? 1.economy in which some/all of the basic economic questions answered by central authority 2.trade generally limited to what is produced through the influence of the government a. command economies. b. market economies. c. traditional economies.