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Bell Ringer
Explain two requirements to be a Nation-State (country).
Theocracy
Rule by religion
Government is ruled by religious institutions
or leaders.
Only a small group or one person is in charge.
Ex. Iran 1979-modern day (Ayatollah
Khomeini)
Islamic State (ISIS)
Switzerland under John Calvin 1536
(Christian theocracy)
Afghanistan
Iran
Mauritania
Sudan
Saudi Arabia
Vatican (Pope)
Yemen
IS territory.
Autocracy
Dictatorship
Laws
Monarch or Dictator imposes
laws on people. State is more important than individual
rights.
People
People ruled from above and no political voice
Monarchy
Authoritarianism
Also called Dictatorship
Cult of personality
Used in Totalitarian dictatorship in order to
control people.
Makes the leader, god, like.
Examples:
Oligarchy
South
Democracy
Direct
Democracy
People
Laws
Created by the People
Representative Democracy
Also know as a Republic
Citizens elect leaders to represent them
and make decisions in government
Two types, Presidential and Parliamentary
Presidential= US
Parliamentary= Great Britain, Sweden, and
Japan. (Most popular form of Democracy in
the world)
Representative Democracy
Power Map
People
Representatives
Elected by the people
Laws
Enacted and enfroced by elected representatives
Parliamentary
Democracy
Voters elect lawmakers to represent them
in the nations parliament; the leader of
the Executive Branch, called the Prime
Minister, comes from the ruling party in
parliament.
Parliamentary
Democracy Power Map
People vote for a political party
(Head of the
political party)
Laws
Enacted and enforced by elected representatives
Presidential Democracy
Voters elect lawmakers to represent them
in the legislature and voters elect a
president to lead the government as head
of the executive branch.
Example-USA
Presidential Democracy
Power Map
People
Legislature
President
Laws
Enacted by legislature and enforced by president