1. SS7CG4a
Describe the ways
government systems
distribute power: unitary,
confederation, and federal.
Concept:
Governance

2. Vocabulary Words To Know
 Unitary
 Confederation
 Federal

3. UNITARY
• characterized by or
constituting a form of
government in which
power is held by one
central authority.

4. CONFEDERATION
• voluntary associations of
independent states that, to
secure some common purpose,
agree to certain limitations on
their freedom of action and
establish some joint machinery
of consultation or deliberation.

5. FEDERAL
• characterized by or
constituting a form of
government in which
power is divided between
one central and several
regional authorities.

6. SSCG4a
Below are distribution of power examples
Saudi Arabia United Nations United States
Form of government where Voluntary association of Form of government where
one central group holds independent states that power is DIVIDED between
ALL the power. often only delegate a few one central group and several
powers to the central regional groups.
authority.
UNITARY CONFEDERATION FEDERAL
DISTRIBUTION OF POWER

7. SS7CG4b
Explain how governments
determine citizen
participation: autocratic,
oligarchic, and democratic.
Concept:
Governance

8. Vocabulary Words To Know
 Autocratic
 Oligarchic
 Democratic

9. AUTOCRATIC
• government in which one
person possesses unlimited
power and the citizen has little
if any role in the government.
(like a dictatorship or even a
monarchy)

10. OLIGARCHIC
• government by the few,
sometimes a government in
which a small group exercises
control especially for corrupt
and selfish purposes. The
citizen has a very limited role.

11. DEMOCRATIC
• a government in which the
supreme power is vested in the
people an exercised by them
directly or indirectly through a
system of representation usually
involving periodically held free
elections.

12. SSCG4b
Below are citizen participation examples
AUTOCRATIC OLIGARCHIC DEMOCRATIC
Government where one Government where a small Government where the citizens
person has unlimited power group of people who have all have all the power either
and the citizen has little if the power and the citizen has directly or indirectly through free
any role or rights. a very limited role. elections.
Former Iraq Former Taliban Israel
and Saudi Arabia Regime in Afghanistan
CITIZEN PARTICIPATION

13. SS7CG4c
Describe the two
predominant forms of
democratic governments:
parliamentary and
presidential.
Concept:
Governance

14. Vocabulary Words To Know
 Parliamentary
 Presidential

15. PARLIAMENTARY
• a democracy having a parliament, a
system of government having the real
executive power vested in a cabinet
composed of members of the
legislature who are individually and
collectively responsible to the
legislature. May have a Prime
Minister elected by the legislature.

16. PRESIDENTIAL
• a system of government
in which the president is
constitutionally
independent of the
legislature.

17. SSCG4c
Below are democratic government examples
PARLIAMENTARY PRESIDENTIAL
A cabinet (group of people) or Prime The President is elected by
Minister elected by the legislature and
the citizens and is part of the
not the citizens. Legislative branch
that makes the laws have a large executive branch, not the
share of the power. legislative branch.
ISRAEL IRAN
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENTS

18. SS7CG5a
Compare the parliamentary democracy of
the State of Israel, the monarchy of the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the
theocracy of the Islamic Republic of Iran,
distinguishing the form of leadership and
the role of the citizen in terms of voting
rights and personal freedoms.
Concept:
Governance

19. Vocabulary Words To Know
 Democracy
 Monarchy
 Theocracy

20. DEMOCRACY
• a government in which the
supreme power is vested in the
people an exercised by them
directly or indirectly through a
system of representation usually
involving periodically held free
elections.

21. MONARCHY
• a form of government in
which supreme authority is
held by a single hereditary
ruler, such as a king

22. THEOCRACY
• is a form of government in which a god
or deity is recognized as the supreme
civil ruler. In a pure theocracy, the civil
leader is believed to have a direct
personal connection with God.
Currently is the type of government in
the nation of Iran.

23. COUNTRY TYPE OF FORM OF VOTING PERSONAL
GOVERNMEN LEADERSHIP RIG HTS FREEDOM S
T
STATE PARLIAMENTARY PRIME MINISTER (head of government) PARLIAMENT Law provides for right to
OF DEMOCRACY ARY vote, freedom of speech
President (head of state – very little power) (except if it risks national
ISRAEL How does the prime minister become the leader? DEMOCRATIC security), freedom of
Prime Minister is selected (chosen) by the legislative branch Universal (men religion, right to privacy,
which in Israel is the Knesset (kind of like our Congress in the and women) right to fair trial etc.
voting age 18 However, many instances
U.S.) Citizens vote for members of the Knesset, but cannot vote exist of prejudice against
for the Prime Minister. This is a big difference compared to a years and up
its Arab citizens.
presidential democracy.
KINGDOM MONARCHY MONARCH (King) AUTOCRATIC Human rights in Saudi
OF Example of a How does the monarch (king) become the leader? Only men 21 and Arabia are based on
Sharia. Many political
SAUDI Unitary A monarch (king) is the hereditary ruler, usually the first over can vote freedoms do not exist.
ARABIA distribution of born son of the king (birthright), no election. In Muslim when the Capital punishment given
power monarchies a female cannot become queen like in other government without due process.
allows. Religious and political
countries. The king and his relatives are known as royal minorities as well as
families and usually control the wealth of a country. women do not have many
rights.
ISLAMIC THEOCRATIC PRESIDENT (political leader) PRESIDENTIAL The new government
REPUBLIC DEMOCRACY How does the president become the political leader? DEMOCRATIC continues to close
OF A president is elected by the citizens by a popular vote and THEOCRACY down newspapers,
IRAN becomes leader of the executive branch that enforces the laws of Universal voting silence opposing
a country. age 16 and up voices and ban or
AYATOLLAH (religious leader) censor books and
How did the ayatollah become the religious leader? websites. The
They are appointed (selected) by religious leaders (Assembly of Extra Info: peaceful
Experts) in the country and serve this role for life. Their Iranians are demonstrations and
influence on the elected president is very powerful. This is why mostly Shia protests of the
Iran is a theocracy and the laws of the Quran are followed. Muslims. previous era are no
longer tolerated.

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