Governments

1. Governments Have basic principles that affect the way it serves its people.

2. Who holds all the power • Do you have all the power or do you share with officials that you trust? • Are you the ultimate source of power? • Do citizens have any power? • Can your citizens have a say so in what decisions are made? • Explain why you think this would be a good government • Label this “Government 1” Create Your Own Governmentyou are the ruler…….

3. Power is held by one central authority. • Creates all the laws for an entire country Unitary Government

4. Unitary Examples The United Kingdom Ukraine Japan Italy Israel Cuba

5. The citizen has little to no role in government • One person has unlimited power • Dictator or ruler maintain their power through inheritance or military force • People who try to speak against the government are silenced through force Citizen Participation: Autocratic

6. Tsarist Russia • Cuba • North Korea Autocratic Examples

7. Define Unitary government • Identify countries that have Unitary governments • How is power distributed throughout the government? Answer these Questions:

8. Just because there is a central authority does NOT mean that the government practices autocratic rule!! • Autocratic governments have dictators that rule their people by force. Autocratic vs Unitary Rule

9. For example, although the United Kingdom has a central authority, they do hold democratic elections. • The people hold power and can be directly or indirectly represented. Autocratic vs Unitary

10. You are the dictator of ____________. Your main objective is to stay in power. You also want to keep your citizens in line. What would you do to ensure that you stay in power and to make sure none of your citizens speak out against you. Is there anything that you can do to avoid a revolution? “Government 2” QuickWrite

11. Absolute monarchy • Tsarist Russia • Dictatorship • North Korea • Totalitarianism • Nazi Germany Types of Autocracies

12. Absolute Monarchy • Unrestricted political power; functions as the head of state and head of government • Tsarist Russia and France before the revolution • Dictatorship • Absolute rule; governs without the consent of the people • North Korea and Romania • Totalitarian • Government controls every aspect of peoples lives; no limit to its authority; use propaganda and terror. • Nazi Germany and Italy under Mussolini Definitions

13. United Kingdom Cuba • Parliamentary democracy • Chief of State- Queen Elizabeth • Head of Government-Prime Minister • Elections • Voting age is 18 • Autocratic rule • Fidel Castro has been in power for almost 50 yrs • Communist ruleno elections Unitary Governments

14. Unitary Governments definition • Autocratic countries • Has a Parliamentary democracy • Unitary examples • The United Kingdom • Power is held by a central authority • Ukraine, Israel, Japan • Tsarist Russia, Cuba Unitary Review!

15. Power is divided between one central and several regional authorities. • Power flows in both directions • Power is shared between the central government and the states Federal Governments

17. Examples • The United States • Germany • Russia • Australia • Canada • Brazil • Mexico Federal Government Examples

18. A government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised through then directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving free elections Democracies: Rule of ALL

19. Parliamentary Presidential • Executive and legislature are co-dependent • May have a Prime Minister • Examples • Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Germany • Executive and legislature are independent of each other • President is head of State • Examples • Mexico, Brazil, and the United States

20. Parliamentary Presidential • President is the Head of Government and State • President is elected • Legislature and Presidents serves for fixed term periods • President does not make law • Prime Minister is Head of Government • Parliament selects Prime Minister • Prime Minister can dissolve Parliament • May have Head of State with little political power • Citizens elect lawmakers • Leader heads the military and runs the government Citizen Participation: Democracy:

21. Voluntary associations of states • Attempting to obtain some common purpose • Agree to certain limitations to freedom • Power lies within the state • Central government is very weak Confederations

23. Native American tribes • Confederate States of America Examples

24. RULE BY FEW! • Small group of leaders decides what the majority does • May have power because of: • Wealth • Military support • May come from a common family Oligarchic Participation Low or no citizen participation South Africa

25. What is the basic way citizens of a democratic nation can influence the government? • Voting • Working • Obeying laws • Consuming goods? • The leader of the Parliament in countries such as Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom is called the • Speaker • Prime Minister • President • Chairman Answer these questions

26. What type of government would most likely abolish all opposing political parties, the direct elections of leaders, and free speech? • Republic • Constitutional Monarchy • autocratic • In which system of government does the legislature elect the executive leader of the government • Presidential Democracy • Communist • Parliamentary Democracy • Dictatorship

27. Each group will be given a certain government type and perform this government type in a skit to the class. • each individual person must describe their government AND how you contributed to the group • Every person must participate or have a role in the skit • Skit should be clearly acted out so that the class can guess what the government type is. Government 3