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• Organization people set up to protect their community and enforce the rules

• Roles:

Protect lives, liberties, and property of the community

Provide services individuals cannot provide on their own

Use their power to carry out authority

1. Which type of monarchy does the ruler have to share the power with the will of the people (Parliament)?

a. Absolute monarchy

b. Constitutional monarchy

c. Hereditary monarchy

• Inherits power – when ruler dies, power passed to a relative

•Monarchs (kings, emperors, sultans) surround themselves with followers and advisors who help them govern

• Divine Right: rulers claim absolute power as the will of God

• Constitutional Monarchy: share power with elected legislature

• [Ex] Great Britain – monarch serves as symbolic head of state, Parliament governs country

• Government without a king or queen

• People choose representatives to make decisions

• [Ex] United States - ruled by the people (democratic)

• [Ex] China – representatives chosen at local level

- Local officials vote for national leaders

-All leaders chosen from communist party (not democratic)

2. What document was created that first protected the will of the people?

a. Magna Carta

b. Mayflower Compact

c. Bill of Rights

•Government authority based on the will of the people

•People vote on issues directly or elect representatives to make decisions for them (republicanism)

•People have basic rights, allowed to criticize government freely

• Citizens assemble to make important decisions about their state and vote on the issues directly

• [Ex] ancient Athens – 1st known democracy

• People elect representatives who vote on issues

• [Ex] Roman Empire – 1st representative democracy

• England – land owners elected representatives to House of Commons in the Parliament

• United States – colonies each had its own legislature and then after independence had Congress

• Latin American countries – after achieving independence

• European countries – after WWI after fall of empires

•Africa & Asia – after WWII when they attained independence

3. Which is NOT what studies say is a key to ending dictatorships and authoritarian rule?

a. Higher education

b. Growing upper class

c. Increased globalization

• Government in which a single person or small group exercises complete power over others; does not inherit power

• Dictator seizes control by force or is placed by others [Ex] Africa – after independence, some nations became one-party states leaders became dictators

• Dictators free to do as they please, citizens have few rights

• [Ex] North Korea & Cuba

• Some hold elections (to appear legitimate), but people are afraid to criticize or oppose the dictator and other parties are not allowed

• Government controls all aspects of individual life

• [Historical] Hitler (Germany), Stalin (Soviet Union), Saddam (Iraq)

• [Current] Kim Jung Un (North Korea)

• People only belong to organizations controlled by government

• Gov’t controls or prohibits all churches & religious groups

• Controls police, military, economy, education, & media

• Dissenters are arrested and sent to labor camps or killed

4. While Iran is a theocracy, it blends which two ideals?

a. Democracy & Monarchy

b. Dictatorship & Communism

c. Dictatorship & Democracy

• Gov’t run by religious leaders who claim to be directed by God

• No separation between church & state, citizens of other faiths often excluded or expelled

• [Ex] Pharaohs of Egypt were believed to be gods

• [Ex] Middle Ages the Pope ruled territories in Italy

• [Ex] Iran – power was seized by Muslim religious leaders

-Voters elect the president and representatives (republic)

- Supreme Leader interprets religious law (sharia), can dismiss the President, and can declare war

• Government System:

• Country that this exists/existed in:

• Briefly describe how it operates (or operated):

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Graphic Organizer:Government

Types

Select 10 countries in Africa, identify the government each has today

Use the given map to categorize the different governments, create a legend to with symbols or colors identifying each type of government

Answer the provided questions

Groups of 3 will read as Jefferson, Stalin, and Louis XIV

Discuss & Answer the following questions

Use the atlas pages to answer the corresponding questions