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SS7CG4a Describe the ways government systems distribute power: unitary, confederation, and federal.

SS7CG4a Describe the ways government systems distribute power: unitary, confederation, and federal. . Concept: Governance. Unitary Confederation Federal. Vocabulary Words To Know. UNITARY.

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SS7CG4a Describe the ways government systems distribute power: unitary, confederation, and federal.

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  1. SS7CG4aDescribe the ways government systems distribute power: unitary, confederation, and federal. Concept: Governance

  2. Unitary Confederation Federal Vocabulary Words To Know

  3. UNITARY • characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is held by one central authority.

  4. CONFEDERATION • voluntary associations of independent states that, to secure some common purpose, agree to certain limitations on their freedom of action and establish some joint machinery of consultation or deliberation.

  5. FEDERAL • characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities.

  6. SSCG4a Below are distribution of power examples Saudi Arabia United Nations United States Form of government where one central group holds ALL the power. Group of independent states that have a common interest or purpose that SHARES the power. Form of government where power is DIVIDED between one central group and several regional groups. UNITARY CONFEDERATION FEDERAL DISTRIBUTION OF POWER

  7. SS7CG4bExplain how governments determine citizen participation: autocratic, oligarchic, and democratic. Concept: Governance

  8. Autocratic Oligarchic Democratic Vocabulary Words To Know

  9. AUTOCRATIC • government in which one person possesses unlimited power and the citizen has little if any role in the government. (like a dictatorship or even a monarchy)

  10. OLIGARCHIC • government by the few, sometimes a government in which a small group exercises control especially for corrupt and selfish purposes. The citizen has a very limited role.

  11. DEMOCRATIC • a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people an exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections.

  12. SSCG4b Below are citizen participation examples AUTOCRATIC DEMOCRATIC OLIGARCHIC Government where one person has unlimited power and the citizen has little if any role or rights. Government where the citizens have all the power either directly or indirectly through free elections. Government where a small group of people who have all the power and the citizen has a very limited role. Former Iraq Former Taliban Israel and Saudi Arabia Regime in Afghanistan CITIZEN PARTICIPATION

  13. SS7CG4cDescribe the two predominant forms of democratic governments: parliamentary and presidential. Concept: Governance

  14. Parliamentary Presidential Vocabulary Words To Know

  15. PARLIAMENTARY • a democracy having a parliament, a system of government having the real executive power vested in a cabinet composed of members of the legislature who are individually and collectively responsible to the legislature. May have a Prime Minister elected by the legislature.

  16. PRESIDENTIAL • a system of government in which the president is constitutionally independent of the legislature.

  17. SSCG4c Below are democratic government examples PARLIAMENTARY A cabinet (group of people) or Prime Minister elected by the legislature and not the citizens. Legislative branch that makes the laws have a large share of the power. PRESIDENTIAL The President is elected by the citizens and is part of the executive branch, not the legislative branch. ISRAEL IRAN DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENTS

  18. SS7CG5aCompare the parliamentary democracy of the State of Israel, the monarchy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the theocracy of the Islamic Republic of Iran, distinguishing the form of leadership and the role of the citizen in terms of voting rights and personal freedoms. Concept: Governance

  19. Democracy Monarchy Theocracy Vocabulary Words To Know

  20. DEMOCRACY • a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people an exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections.

  21. MONARCHY • a form of government in which supreme authority is held by a single hereditary ruler, such as a king

  22. THEOCRACY • is a form of government in which a god or deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler. In a pure theocracy, the civil leader is believed to have a direct personal connection with God. Currently is the type of government in the nation of Iran.

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