SW Asia Govt Standard A Peer Work

​SW Asia Governments SS7CG3

a. Explain citizen participation in autocratic and democratic governments [i.e., the role of citizens in choosing the leaders of Israel (parliamentary democracy), Saudi Arabia (autocratic monarchy), and Turkey (parliamentary democracy)].​

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​Before you can understand how citizens participate in various governments, you have to understand the vocabulary.

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​When one ruler has complete control and decision making power for a country.

​Takes orders from no one. Always has their way. They have all power.

​Autocratic Government

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​Autocracy

When a country has one person with all power, it has characteristics of an autocracy. You learned about Hitler last year and Saddam Hussein this year as ​examples.

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​Democracy

​When a country's government is ran by the people. This means that citizens get to vote for key leaders that make big decisions for their country.

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Multiple Choice

If a citizen can NOT vote for their leaders this is know as a(n)...

• autocracy

• democracy

​-Autocracy

​Citizens do not have a say in who their leader is in an autocracy. The leader has all power.

Multiple Choice

If a citizen can vote for their leaders this is know as a(n)...

• democracy

• autocracy

​Case study

Next, you will read about specific countries and determine how citizens participate in these governments. ​

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Multiple Choice

In Turkey, the president is the chief of state and is directly elected by an absolute majority of the popular vote and serves a five-year term.

• democracy

• autocracy

​democracy

​Since citizens can vote, this is a democracy

Multiple Choice

In Turkey, the president is the chief of state and is directly elected by an absolute majority of the popular vote and serves a five-year term. Turkey’s legislative branch (Parliament), is made up of 600 directly elected representatives who serve four-year terms. What is their government type?

• Parliamentary Democracy

• Presidential Democracy

• Absolute Monarchy

• Dictatorship

​-Presidential

​Since Turkey can vote for their leader and the legislators, they are a presidential democracy.

Multiple Choice

The Saudi Royal Family rules the country. People can only vote in small matters to advise the Royal Family AND they may not listen to the outcome. This shows that people ultimately do not have a say. What type of government is this?

• Absolute Democracy

• Autocratic Absolute Monarchy

• Parliamentary Democracy

• Constitutional Monarchy

​Explanation

Since the people of Saudi Arabia do not have a vote for members of leaders and votes they do cast are not taken into consideration, it shows that they have no real voice. This makes is an autocracy. Also, since they have a family that remains in power, it is a monarchy. ​

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Multiple Choice

Israel’s unicameral legislative branch (Parliament), called the Knesset, is made up of 120 elected representatives. The head of government, the prime minister, is almost always selected from the largest party in parliament. Israel also has a president who is the chief of state and directly elected by the members of the Knesset. This means Israel has a ______________ type of government.

• Presidential Democracy

• Parliamentary Democracy

• Absolute Monarchy

​Israel is a Parliamentary Democracy

Since the citizens of Israel are able to select their lesgislators in the Knesset BUT they do not get to choose their leader, it is a parliamentary democracy.

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Instead, the members of the legislative branch choose from their elected body. (chosen group)​

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Multiple Choice

In the country of Batangas, the citizen

bats have to abide by all of the laws that the

head bat agrees on Bats are only allowed to

hang upside down for a total of 8 hours a

day between the hours of 12AM and 12 PM.

• Autocracy

• Democracy

• Monarchy

Multiple Choice

The people of Crowville must never ever

speak out against their leader, King of the

Road. He rules with absolute power and can

be quite cruel, by casting a spell on all his

prisioners to become a scarecrow until the

end of winter. The people of Crowville. do

not have the right to vote; and even

throwing acorns is outlawed.

• Democracy

• Autocracy

• Absolute Monarchy

Multiple Choice

The citizens of

Salem do get to vote on a witch to govern

their city. Sometimes a good witch gets

voted in and sometimes a bad witch rules.

The citizens of Salem all have their own

political opinions.

• Presidential Democracy

• Parliamentary Democracy

• Absolute Monarchy