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1. Which form/type of government system do the citizens elect the legislature who then elects the executive branch? 2. If Ms. Lipscomb becomes the leader of a country by using force and she appoints herself the one and only leader – What type of autocracy is that? Warm Up Sheets on Podium!!

1. Which form/type of government system do the citizens elect the legislature who then elects the executive branch? 2. If Ms. Lipscomb becomes the leader

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1. Which form/type of government system do the citizens elect the legislature who then elects the executive branch?

2. If Ms. Lipscomb becomes the leader of a country by using force and she appoints herself the one and only leader – What type of autocracy is that?

Warm Up Sheets on Podium!!

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Forms of Governments

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To study governments, geographers look at the following:

Types – Who rules and who participates.

Systems – How the power is distributed.

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TYPES of Government are based on one key question: Who governs & how does the citizen participate?

There are three types of governments:Autocracy, Oligarchy, and Democracy

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AutocracyGovernment in which the power to govern is held by one person.

Generally the power to rule is inherited or held by military force.

There are three types of an Autocracy.

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#1 DictatorshipThe leader has not been elected and uses force to control all aspects of social and economic life.

Examples: Adolf Hitler in Germany and Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Union

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#2 AbsoluteMonarchy

A monarchy has a king, queen, emperor or empress.

The power is usually inherited or passed down from family members.

The monarch has absolute power meaning they can make all decisions without consulting anyone.

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#3 Constitutional Monarchy

Kings, queens or emperors share power with elected legislatures.

Generally the Kings are nothing more than figureheads.

The government is a democratic one that limits the monarchs power.

Example: Great Britain

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OligarchyA government in which a few people such as a dominant clan or clique have power.The group gets their power from either military, wealth or social status.Elections may be held but offer

only one candidate.Examples: Greek city states

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Democracy

In a democracy, the government is “Rule by the people”There are two forms of democracyDirect Democracy – People vote on all the issues.Representative Democracy – People elect

representatives and give them the power to vote on issues.

Example: United States

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In a democracy….

Individual freedom and equality is valued.

Free elections are held

Decisions are based on majority rule.

All candidates can express their views freely.

Citizens vote by secret ballot.

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Democratic Governments

There are two major forms of democratic governments:ParliamentaryPresidential

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Parliamentary Democracy

Voters elect members to the Parliament (legislature)

Parliament has two Houses: House of Commons: The Political Party with the most

votes in the House of Commons chooses the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister is the government’s leader who has no set length of term.

House of Lords: Little power with most members being nobles who have inherited their titles

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Presidential DemocracyVoters elect legislators

Voters elect (indirectly) the president.Therefore, in the presidential system voters have

a more direct say about those who serve in two branches of the government :

LegislativeExecutive

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Parliamentary System

Presidential System

Executive Legislative

CitizensCitizens

Legislative

Executive

Elect

Elect

Select

Elect

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Systems of Government are based on one question: How is the power distributed?

There are three ways governments distribute power:UnitaryConfederationFederal

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Unitary

One central government controls everything.

Power is not shared between states, counties or provinces.

Examples : United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands, and Spain

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Confederation

A voluntary association of independent states that agrees to follow a powerful central government.

Nations can choose to follow or not follow the lead of the weak central government.

Examples: Confederate States of America

( 1861-1865), Russian Federation.

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Federal

Power is shared by a powerful central government.

States or provinces are given considerable self rule, usually through their own legislatures.

Examples: United States, Germany

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Putting it all together….

The United Kingdom is an autocratic constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary democracy and a unitary system.The United States is a presidential democracy with a federal system.

What do those statements mean?

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What do you remember?

What are the three types of governments?

What are the three systems of government?