Tool Box UnitPart 7 – Political Systems

What does it take to be a Country?

• Defined territory• Population• Sovereignty• government

Territory

• Size doesn’t matter• Defined borders

Population

• People receive protection from their government but also have responsibilities to their government.

• Size doesn’t matter

Sovereignty • The ability to make decisions without outside control.

• Geographic factors can make it easy or hard to maintain control.

Government

• Structure – how is the government set up?• Authority – who has the power?

Government Structure• Unitary • Federation • Confederation

• Unitary –Uni (one)

Single site of power

–Example: Iceland

Question 1

A government with one site of power.

a) Confederation

b) Sovereignty

c) Unitary

d) Federation

Question 2

The ability to govern oneself

a) Confederation

b) Sovereignty

c) Unitary

d) Federation

Question 3

A government in which power is shared between a national government and local governments

a) Confederation

b) Sovereignty

c) Unitary

d) Federation

Question 4

Smaller units keep their sovereignty and give central government limited powers.

a) Confederation

b) Sovereignty

c) Unitary

d) Federation

Government Authority

• Democracy

• Authoritarian– Dictatorship– Totalitarianism – Monarchy

Question 5

The most extreme form of a dictatorship.

A) Monarch

B) Totalitarianism

C) Dictatorship

D) Democracy

Question 6

A form of government in which people choose their leaders and set government policy

A) Monarch

B) Totalitarianism

C) Dictatorship

D) Democracy

Question 7

A form of government with a ruler such as a king, queen, shah or czar.

A) Monarchy

B) Totalitarianism

C) Dictatorship

D) Democracy

Question 8

A government in which a leader makes all the decisions and holds all the power.

A) Monarch

B) Totalitarianism

C) Dictatorship

D) Democracy

Economy

• What (& How much) will be produced?

• How will it be produced?

• How will gain be distributed?

Economic Systems

• Traditional• Market• Command• Mixed

Question 9

An economic system based on the state making all the economic decisions.

a) Command economy

b) Mixed economy

c) Market economy

d) Traditional economy

Question 10

An economic system were people grow and make what they use themselves also known as “barter and trade”

a) Command economy

b) Mixed economy

c) Market economy

d) Traditional economy

Question 11An economic

system in which means of production and distribution are privately owned and operated for profit.

a) Command economy

b) Mixed economy

c) Market economy

d) Traditional economy

To be a country, or not be a country…..

That is The Question.