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Government Systems

Government Systems. SS6CG4. The student will compare and contrast various forms of government. a. Describe the ways government systems distribute power: unitary, confederation, and federal.

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Government Systems

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  1. Government Systems

  2. SS6CG4 The student will compare and contrast various forms of government. a. Describe the ways government systems distribute power: unitary, confederation, and federal. b. Explain how governments determine citizen participation: autocratic, oligarchic, and democratic. c. Describe the two predominant forms of democratic governments: parliamentary and presidential.

  3. UNITARY

  4. UNITARY Places in Europe With Unitary Governments: The United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales, and N. Ireland must follow laws made by Parliament.) France

  5. UNITARY Who Holds the Power? The Central Government

  6. UNITARY How Much Citizen Participation Do Citizens Have? Not much – They vote for representatives for the Central Govt.

  7. CONFEDERATION

  8. CONFEDERATION Examples of Confederation Governments: Conf. States of America (Civil War) Switzerland The European Union is similar to a confederation.

  9. CONFEDERATION Who Holds the Power? Local/State Governments

  10. CONFEDERATION How Much Participation Do Citizens Have? Much citizen participation(voting)!!!

  11. FEDERAL POWER DIVIDED Federal Govt. Local Govt.

  12. FEDERAL Examples of Places With a Federal Government: Germany The USA Australia Canada Mexico Venezuela

  13. FEDERAL How Much Participation Do Citizens Have? Much citizen participation (voting)!!

  14. AUTOCRATIC SELF RULES ALONE

  15. AUTOCRATIC Examples of Places With Autocratic Governments: Cuba China North Korea

  16. AUTOCRATIC How Much Participation Do Citizens Have? Citizens have very little/sometimes no participation.

  17. OLIGARCHIC FEW IN POWER – (those w/money)

  18. OLIGARCHIC Examples of Places With Oligarchies? Medieval Europe (sheriffs/governors working for king/queen) South Africa (1900’s – Apartheid)

  19. OLIGARCHIC Who Holds the Power? Power held by the few with money.

  20. OLIGARCHIC How Much Participation Do Citizens Have? Not much citizen participation at all.

  21. DEMOCRATIC

  22. DEMOCRATIC Examples of Places With Democratic Governments: USA Canada Australia Most Western European countries

  23. DEMOCRATIC Who Holds the Power? Power held by the people.

  24. DEMOCRATIC How Much Participation Do Citizens Have? Much citizen participation (voting)!!!!

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