Today

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Todays Agenda

• Any Announcements?
• Any Questions?
• Let's Review our Bellwork....
• Now...
• Lets Begin Todays Lesson..

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Today's State Standards

• Standard 3.0 Geography
• 3.2. understand and analyze the impact of
  physical and human geography on given political
  systems.
• Standard 6.0 Individuals Groups Interactions
• 6.5 understand the impact and influence of
  participatory citizenship on government at all
  levels.

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Our objectives today

• 1. Classify governments according to three sets
  of characteristics.
• 2. Define systems of government based on who can
  participate.
• 3. Identify different ways that power can be
  distributed, geographically, within a state.
• 4. Describe a government by how power is
  distributed between the executive branch and the
  legislative branch.

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Our Goal Today

• Governments come in many forms democratic or
  dictatorship, unitary or federal, presidential or
  parliamentarian. Regardless of form, government
  has an impact on nearly every moment and every
  aspect of a person's life.

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How do we classify a government?

• Governments come in many shapes, sizes and types.
  How can we identify what type of government a
  state practices?

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Three Classifications

• 1) Who is allowed to participate?
• 2) What is the geographic distribution of the
  government?
• 3) What is the relationship between the
  legislative branch and the executive branch?

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Who is allowed to take part?

• a) Democracy Direct or Indirect The Power to
  VOTE and be involved in the decision-making
  process.
• b) Dictatorship Autocracy is unlimited rule by
  an individual. Oligarchy is rule by a select few,
  usually self-appointed, leaders.

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Geography Who is in charge where?

• a) Unitary Government or centralized government
  - Most governments in the world have this
  'distribution'. One central government controls
  the entire nation.
• b) Federal Government Power is divided between
  a central government and local governing bodies.
• c) Confederate Government An alliance of
  independent states with limited central
  government. Currently, the European Union is a
  great example. In our history, the nation's
  beginnings under the Articles of Confederation
  and the southern states becoming the Confederate
  States of America during our Civil War.

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Executive and Legislative Branches' Relationship

• Presidential Government The Executive and
  Legislative Branches are independent of each
  other. Each has checks and balances to make sure
  one branch is not more powerful than the other.
• Parliamentary Government The prime minister is
  the leader of the state but is also a member of
  the legislative branch.

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Vocabulary

• autocracy oligarchy
• unitary government federal government
• division of powers confederation
• presidential government
• parliamentary government

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autocracy

• autocracy a government where a single person
  holds unlimited political power

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Vocabulary

• autocracy oligarchy
• unitary government federal government
• division of powers confederation
• presidential government
• parliamentary government

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oligarchy

• oligarchy government controlled by a small
  group of leaders, usually self-appointed

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Vocabulary

• autocracy oligarchy
• unitary government federal government
• division of powers confederation
• presidential government
• parliamentary government

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unitary government

• unitary government a centralized government.
  All power is located in one governing body.

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Vocabulary

• autocracy oligarchy
• unitary government federal government
• division of powers confederation
• presidential government
• parliamentary government

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federal government

• federal government powers are divided between a
  central government and several local governments

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Vocabulary

• autocracy oligarchy
• unitary government federal government
• division of powers confederation
• presidential government
• parliamentary government

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division of powers

• division of powers which government has
  authority of various powers between a central
  government and local governing bodies

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Vocabulary

• autocracy oligarchy
• unitary government federal government
• division of powers confederation
• presidential government
• parliamentary government

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confederation

• confederation an alliance of independent
  states. Can you think of a couple of examples of
  this?

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Vocabulary

• autocracy oligarchy
• unitary government federal government
• division of powers confederation
• presidential government
• parliamentary government

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presidential government

• presidential government a government where
  powers are separated between the executive and
  legislative branches

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Vocabulary

• autocracy oligarchy
• unitary government federal government
• division of powers confederation
• presidential government
• parliamentary government

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parliamentary government

• parliamentary government a government where the
  executive is part of the legislature.

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What did we learn today?

• Turn to page 16 in our textbook.
• On lined notebook paper, answer questions 1, 2
  and 3 in your bellwork.

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Today's State Standards

• Standard 3.0 Geography
• 3.2. understand and analyze the impact of
  physical and human geography on given political
  systems.
• Standard 6.0 Individuals Groups Interactions
• 6.5 understand the impact and influence of
  participatory citizenship on government at all
  levels.

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Our objectives today

• 1. Classify governments according to three sets
  of characteristics.
• 2. Define systems of government based on who can
  participate.
• 3. Identify different ways that power can be
  distributed, geographically, within a state.
• 4. Describe a government by how power is
  distributed between the executive branch and the
  legislative branch.

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Our Goal Today

• Governments come in many forms democratic or
  dictatorship, unitary or federal, presidential or
  parliamentarian. Regardless of form, government
  has an impact on nearly every moment and every
  aspect of a person's life.