FL Unit 9 US and the World

The passage below describes characteristics of the government of France.

 

In France, the central government has created 13 regions, 96 departmental governments and thousands of communes to take care of local needs. However, the central government can change the organization of these local government or even abolish them at any time.

 

Based on the passage, which system of government does France have?

•  Parliamentary

• confederal

• federal

• unitary

In Mexico, power is shared between the national government, 31 state governments, and Mexico City. Which type of government system does Mexico have?

• Unitary

• Federal

• Confederal

• Parliamentary

The passage below describes a system of government.

 

In the ___?____ system of government, the leader of the largest political party in the legislature also acts at the chief executive of the government.

 

Which word completes the passage?

• Federal

• parliamentary

• confederal

• unitary

The passage below describes characteristics of the government and economy of China.

 

In China, members of a single political party make up the government. This party states its main goal is to make life in China better for both peasants and workers. Party members choose the Politboro (a small group of party leaders) who make all major political decisions.

The Chinese government still owns a large share of many businesses

 

Based on the passage, which type of government does China have?

• Monarchy

• Republic

• Direct Democracy

• communist

The statements below describe a speaker’s system of government.

 

·      We elect legislators to make important government decisions for us.

·      If we don’t agree with the decisions they make, we can vote them out of office at the next election.

 

 

Under which form of government does this speaker live?

• Representative Democracy

• Direct democracy

• communism

• monarchy

Which action is an example of U.S. domestic policy?

• Congress passes a law requiring students to pass a test in civics.

• Congress passes a resolution condemning negotiations with Iran.

• The President orders drone attacks on ISIS camps in northern Syria.

• The President signs an executive order restoring relations with the nation of Cuba.

Article I

1. To maintain international peace and security, and to that end, to take effective collective measures for the prevention and removal of threats to the peace...

2. To develop friendly relations among nations based on respect for the principle of equal rights and self-determination of peoples, and to take other appropriate measures to strengthen universal peace...

 Which international organization has these aims?

• carter center

• Doctors without boarders

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization

• United Nations (UN)

What is the supreme law of the land?

• the Articles of Confederation

• the Emancipation Proclamation

• the Declaration of Independence

• the Constitution

Match the following countries to their corresponding WWII alliance:

• United Kingdom

• Allied

• Japan

• Axis

• Germany

• Allied

• Italy

• Axis

• Russia

• Axis

Al-Qaeda terrorists hijacked 4 airplanes and two of them crashed into World Trade Center in NYC.

• Oklahoma City Bombing

• World Trade Center Bombing

• 9/11

• Iraq War