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Government Foldable

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Front of Flip Book
GOVERNMENT Systems FOLDABLE Types KEEP Forms ALL YEAR!!!! Structures
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How is Power Distributed? Who rules and who participates? How much power does the government have? Who are the leaders and what do they do?
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Government Systems

• Systems tell how the power is distributed

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Systems of Governments

• Federal-power is distributed equally between
  local and federal governments
• Confederation-local and federal government both
  have power, but the local government is stronger
• Ex European Union, UN
• Unitary-Central government has all the power
• Ex UK, Saudi Arabia

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Government Types

• Types tell who rules and who participates in the
  government

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• Oligarchy-government is ruled by a small group of
  people
• Ex China, Iran
• Democracy-people have the power, people VOTE
• Ex Constitutional Monarchy, Presidential
  Democracy (USA, Israel, Japan)

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Types Continued

• Autocracy-one person rules and has total power
• Ex Dictatorship, Absolute Monarchy (Saudi
  Arabia, North Korea)
• Theocracy-Laws and Leaders are guided by religion
• Ex Saudi Arabia, Iran (Islamic Republics)

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Forms of Government

• Forms tell how much power the government has

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Forms of Government

• Limited Power-A government where everyone, even
  all members of the government, must obey the
  rules
• the government has a constitution
• Unlimited Power-A government where the leaders
  have complete power to do anything
• no constitution (Saudi Arabia, North Korea)

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Government Structures

• Structures tell how the government is organized
  and who the leaders are

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• Constitutional Monarchy-a king or queen (monarch)
  shares power with a government formed by the
  constitution.
• Ex Japan, Uk
• Parliamentary Democracy-power is held by an
  elected parliament representing the people
• ExUK

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• Presidential Democracy- a president is elected to
  make informed decisions for us.
• Ex Japan
• Constitutional Republic- the head of the country
  and other officials are elected as
  representatives of the people, and must govern
  according to existing constitutional law that
  limits the government's power over citizens
• Ex USA