Government Unit 2

To establish order and to protect the people of that government and nation.
It is easier to stay together and elect a leader

Why?

A system by which a country is organized

What?

Government

Match

Match the following

• Judicial Branch

• Executive Branch

• Legislative Branch

Make the Laws

Judge the laws

Enforces the lawa

• Make the Laws

• Judge the laws

• Enforces the lawa

Poll

Which system has a weak central government and stronger states?

• Unitary

• Confederation

• Federation

• Democracy

Poll

Which system has shared power between the states and the central government?

• Unitary

• Confederation

• Federation

• Autocracy

Multiple Choice

Which government has a strong central government and weak states that make it up?

• Federation

• Democracy

• Confederation

• Unitary

Ruler has all the power and the citizens have none. They can't even vote.
Dictatorships and Absolute Monarchies

Autocracy

Citizens have the most power. They can vote in elections and on issues regarding the laws.

Democracy

Citizen Participation

Absolute Monarchy

This is where a king or a queen has all the power in the government!

Oligarchy

This is when there is a small group or political party making ALL the major decisions. Citizens have little power and must go with the will of the small group.
An example of this would be South Africa under Apartheid.

Match

Match the following to Parliamentary or Presidential democracy.

• Citizens vote for Legislature

• The Legislature then votes for the Prime Minister from the Legislature

• The legislature rules over 4 different countries- Scotland, England, Wales and N. Ireland

• The citizens elect the legislature DIRECTLY

• The Citizens vote for the President DIRECTLY

parliamentary

Parliamentary

PARLIAMENTARY

PRESIDENTIAL

Presidential

• parliamentary

• Parliamentary

• PARLIAMENTARY

• PRESIDENTIAL

• Presidential