Comparing Forms of Government

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Comparing Forms of Government

• Chapter 2 Review

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Forms of Government

• Republic
• The United States
• Monarchy
• Oldest Form of Government
• Democracy
• Largest growing form of Government
• Dictatorship
• North Korea

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Question

• Which is the Oldest Form of Government?

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Forms of Govt Cont.

• Parliamentary Democracy
• Voters elect representatives to Parliaments
• Party with legislative majority elects Prime
  Minister
• Representative Democracy
• Elected representatives make decisions
• Confederal Democracy
• Small, Independent representation
• Direct Democracy
• Usually small- like town meetings

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Question?

• In a Parliamentary Democracy, who elects the
  Prime Minister?

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Question

• A Fort Lupton Town meeting is an example of?

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Destructive Forms of Government

• Dictatorship
• Usually military led Coup de Tats
• Can start good but usually turn bad
• Nazism
• Based on Racial Superiority
• Not being Arian (White) meant death
• Communism
• Pure- seen as Utopian
• History has not been good though

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Monarch vs. Dictator

• Monarch

• Dictator

• 1 Ruler
• Come to power through divine right
• Usually born into it
• Authority usually accepted by people

• 1 Ruler
• Come to power through Coups of takeovers
• Authority usually comes with fear

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Systems of Govt

• Federal
• Countries with large diverse populations usually
  have this form
• Confederal
• Small nation sometimes have this
• Unitary
• Power in Central government
• Empires

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Question?

• What type of System of Govt would a Large,
  Diverse Population Have?

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Economic Systems

• Market
• A common feature is the production of high
  quality goods
• Markets determine the price of these goods
• Command
• Government Planners decide what and how much to
  produce
• Traditional
• Economy based on traditions
• Mixed
• Elements of command and market
• Most common in the world

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Question?

• Which Economy is most common in the world?

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Question?

• Who decides what to produce in a Command Economy?

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Forms of Economies

• Communism
• Single party controls government and Economy
• Socialism
• Public ownership of the means of production
• Socialism began as an attempt to correct the
  uneven distribution of wealth
• Capitalism
• Individuals privately own means of production

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Question?

• What did Socialism attempt to correct?