SS.7.C.3.2 – Systems of Government

What are the powers that all governments have?

• Legislative

• Executive

• Judicial

• none

What makes each system different from each other?

• the area of the world the system is used

• the leader of the country

• how the powers are organized

A system of government in which the power to make and execute laws is held by a parliament and parliament chooses the leader (executive).

• Unitary

• Confederal

• Federal

• Parliamentary

a system of government in which power is divided between a national government and various state governments.

• Unitary

• Confederal

• Federal

• Parliamentary

a system of government where the central government is supreme, and the localized governments can exercise only powers that the central government has delegated to them.

• Unitary

• Confederal

• Federal

• Parliamentary

a system of government where the vast majority of political power rests with the local governments; the central federal government has very little power.

• Unitary

• Confederal

• Federal

• Parliamentary

Scenario 1: The power of government is held with the legislative body, with a Prime Minister in charge.

• Unitary System

• Confederal System

• Federal System

• Parliamentary System

Scenario 2: There is little central power of government, instead government power is held with at the lower government unit level, such as a state.

• Unitary System

• Confederal System

• Federal System

• Parliamentary System

Scenario 3: The power of government is shared between the central (national) government and the states.

• Unitary System

• Confederal System

• Federal System

• Parliamentary System

Scenario 4: Government power is held with the central (national) government.

• Unitary System

• Confederal System

• Federal System

• Parliamentary System