Monday, September 21

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Monday, September 21

• Please copy your agenda and take out your Chapter
  2 outline and a pencil. ?
• HLA Chapter 2.2/2.3 Interpreting Vocabulary due
  tomorrow!

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Monday, September 21

• Please copy your agenda and have your Chapter 2
  Definition Depot on your desk ready to be stamp
  checked. ?
• HLA Chapter 2.3 IR due tomorrow! (begins on
  page 43 9 headings)

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Friday, September 18

• Please copy your agenda and have your History
  Fair topic handout on your desk ready to be
  turned in. ?
• Then begin silently reviewing your world map and
  latitude/longitude packet for the quiz today! ?
• HLA Chapter 2.2/2.3 Interpreting Vocabulary due
  Tuesday! (I will let you begin working on it
  after the quiz.)

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Friday, September 18

• Please update your agenda and have your Chapter
  2.2 IR on your desk ready to be checked!
• HLA Dont forget that your Chapter 2 Definition
  Depot is due Monday! ?

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Chapter Two, Section OneWhy Americans Have
Government
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Types of Government

• Every country in the world has their own type of
  government.
• Each countrys government is unique and varies
  widely across the globe.
• Each countrys government has been shaped by
  traditional beliefs of its people and by their
  history.

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Types of Government

• Governments fall into two main different
  categories
• Nondemocratic governments
• Democratic governments

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Nondemocratic Governments

• A monarchy is a type of government where a king
  or a queen, called a monarch, reigns over a
  kingdom. Many times monarchies can be
  non-democratic.
• (Morocco, Sweden)

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Nondemocratic Governments

• An autocracy is a type of government with
  complete and absolute power.
• There are different kinds of autocracies.

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Types of Autocracies

• An absolute monarchy is where a person assumes
  complete power by being born into the family of
  rulers
• A dictatorship is usually where a military leader
  takes power by force. (can get power other ways)
• Oligarchy is a type of dictatorship that is run
  by a small group of people

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Nondemocratic Governments

• A theocracy is a type of government controlled by
  one or more religious leaders who rule on behalf
  of God or the gods worshipped in their country.
• Vatican City

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Lack of Government

• Anarchy is the absence of any type of government.

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Systems

• Socialism is an economic system where a country
  has power over all goods that are produced and
  provides all for their people.(Denmark, Canada)
• Communism is a form of government where the
  ruling party owns the means of production and
  private ownership is restricted. Usually a
  dictator rules in Communism (China)

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Democratic Governments

• In a democracy, the people of a nation either
  rule directly or elect officials who act their
  behalf.
• United States, Greece, Brazil

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Democratic Governments

• The word democracy comes from the ancient
  Greek, meaning rule of the people.
• There are two forms of democracy.

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Direct Democracy

• Direct democracy exists when ALL of the voters in
  a community meet in one place to decide laws and
  government actions ALL of the time.
• Why is this not practical in most places today?

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Representative Democracy

• Representative democracy exists when the people
  elect representatives to carry on the work of
  govt for them.
• When the people give consent, or permission, to
  be ruled by elected officials this is a system of
  government called a republic. (Pledge of
  Allegiance)

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Purpose of Government

• 1 - Helping People Cooperate
• Helps us live peacefully.
• 2 - Providing Services each level of
  government local, state, federal has to provide
  services for the people.
• Example Education our state governments have
  create public school systems to educate our
  children.
• 3 - Providing Laws
• 4 - Plan for the Future