Governments Have basic principles that affect the way it serves its

people.

Create Your Own Governmentyou are the ruler…….

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

governmentLabel this “Government 1”

Unitary Government

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

Central authority

Regional authority

Regional authority

Regional authority

Unitary Examples

oThe United KingdomoUkraine oJapan oItaly oIsraeloCuba

Citizen Participation: Autocratic

The citizen has little to no role in government

One person has unlimited powerDictator or ruler maintain their power

through inheritance or military forcePeople who try to speak against the

government are silenced through force

Autocratic Examples

Tsarist RussiaCubaNorth Korea

Answer these Questions:

1) Define Unitary government2) Identify countries that have Unitary

governments3) How is power distributed throughout the

government?

Autocratic vs Unitary Rule

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

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.

“Government 2” QuickWrite

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?

Types of Autocracies

Absolute monarchy◦Tsarist Russia

Dictatorship◦North Korea

Totalitarianism◦Nazi Germany

Autocracies

Absolute Monarchy

TotalitarianismDictatorship

Definitions

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

Unitary Governments

United Kingdom Cuba

Parliamentary democracy

Chief of State- Queen Elizabeth

Head of Government-Prime Minister

ElectionsVoting age is 18

Autocratic ruleFidel Castro has been

in power for almost 50 yrs

Communist ruleno elections

Unitary Review!

1. Unitary Governments definition

2. Autocratic countries

3. Has a Parliamentary democracy

4. Unitary examples

A. The United Kingdom

B. Power is held by a central authority

C. Ukraine, Israel, Japan

D. Tsarist Russia, Cuba

Federal Governments

Power is divided between one central and several regional authorities.

Power flows in both directionsPower is shared between the central government and the states

Central Governmen

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State State

Federal Government Examples

Examples◦The United States◦Germany◦Russia◦Australia◦Canada◦Brazil◦Mexico

Democracies: Rule of ALL

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

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

Citizen Participation: Democracy:

Parliamentary Presidential

• Prime Minister is Head of Government

• Parliament selects Prime Minister

• Prime Minister can dissolve Parliament

• May have Head of State with little political power

• President is the Head of Government and State

• President is elected• Legislature and

Presidents serves for fixed term periods

• President does not make law

• Citizens elect lawmakers

• Leader heads the military and runs the government

Confederations

Voluntary associations of statesAttempting to obtain some common

purposeAgree to certain limitations to freedomPower lies within the stateCentral government is very weak

Central Government

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Examples

• Native American tribes• Confederate States of

America

Oligarchic Participation

RULE BY FEW!Small group of leaders decides what the

majority doesMay have power because of:

◦Wealth◦Military support◦May come from a common familyLow or no citizen participation South Africa

Answer these questions

What is the basic way citizens of a democratic nation can influence the government?

A. Voting B. WorkingC. Obeying lawsD. Consuming goods?

The leader of the Parliament in countries such as Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom is called the

A. SpeakerB. Prime MinisterC. PresidentD. Chairman

What type of government would most likely abolish all opposing political parties, the direct elections of leaders, and free speech?

A. RepublicB. Constitutional

MonarchyC. autocratic

In which system of government does the legislature elect the executive leader of the government

A. Presidential Democracy

B. CommunistC. Parliamentary

DemocracyD. Dictatorship

Government 3

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.