Political Understandings of Europe

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Political Understandings of Europe

• SS6CG4 The student will compare and contrast
  various forms of government.
• SS6CG5 The student will explain the structure
  of modern European governments.

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Forms of government in the world

• What do you aabout the types of government all
  over the world?

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UNITARY

• Single national government has all the power.
• One central government, most common in the
  world, works best with small populated countries,
  one level is easy to deal with.

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Unitary
Ways Government Distributes Power
state
state
Central Authority
state
state
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UNITARY
Strong Central Government
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NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
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List of Unitary Countries Italy Poland
Portugal Spain Ukraine United Kingdom

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CONFEDERATIONS

• Made up of voluntary state governments Loose
  alliance between them.
• States/countries come together for a common goal
  (such as defense or the economy)

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Confederation
Ways Government Distributes Power
state
state
Central Authority
state
state
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CONFEDERATIONS
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List of Confederations- Today

• European Union and OPEC (Organization of
  Petroleum Exporting Countries)
• In the past Confederate States of America- only
  joined together to fight against the North

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FEDERAL/FEDERATION

• Have a strong national government that shares
  power with smaller state governments.(not equally
  shared)
• The United States has a federal form of
  government.
• Power is divided among the federal govt and
  states.

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Federation / Federal
Ways Government Distributes Power
state
state
Central Authority
state
state
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FEDERAL/FEDERATION
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NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
STATE GOVERNMENTS
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List of countries with Federal Governments (24)
BELGIUM GERMANY RUSSIA UNITED STATES
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QuestionsPower and how it is distributed?

1. In this type of government the national
   government has all the power.
2. In this form of government power is shared with
   smaller governments (provinces/states).
3. In this form of government the power is in the
   smaller state governments or provinces.
4. This type of government is where you would most
   likely see a dictatorship.
5. In this type of government most of the power is
   in the hands of the national government, but some
   power is reserved for the states.

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QuestionsPower and how it is distributed?

1. In this type of government the national
   government has all the power. Unitary
2. In this form of government power is shared with
   smaller governments (provinces/states). Federal
3. In this form of government the power is in the
   smaller state governments or provinces.
   Confederation
4. This type of government is where you would most
   likely see a dictatorship. Unitary
5. In this type of government most of the power is
   in the hands of the national government, but some
   power is reserved for the states. Federal

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All key powers are held by the central government
State/Regional governments hold most of the power.
Unitary
Confederation
Federation
Strong Central Government
Weak Central Government