3 Political Cartoons 2 questions and 1 inference for each Half Sheet of paper

Governments

Democracy Right to vote, freedom of speech, and freedom of religion Multiple political parties allowed to exist (Examples: Republican and Democratic)

Shared power Legislative and Executive are elected Judicial is both elected as well as appointed

Constitutional Monarchy

Constitution = written set of laws Power is shared with a democratically elected group Power is passed down the family line (no elections)

Most ridiculous British laws: It is illegal to die in the Houses of Parliament In Liverpool, it is illegal for a woman to be topless except as a clerk in a tropical fish store In Scotland, if someone knocks on your door and requires the use of your toilet, you must let them enter In the UK a pregnant woman can legally relieve herself anywhere she wants, including in a policeman's helmet Committing suicide is classified as a capital crime. Passing wind in front of the reigning monarch can lead to a charge of treason Most ridiculous foreign laws: In Ohio, it is illegal to get a fish drunk In Switzerland, a man may not relieve himself standing up after 10pm In Alabama, it is illegal to be blindfolded while driving a vehicle In Florida, unmarried women who parachute on a Sunday could be jailed In Vermont, women must obtain written permission from their husbands to wear false teeth In France, it is illegal to name a pig Napoleon

Theocracy Run by a religious leader who claims to be directed by God No legal separation between church and state Citizens of other faiths are often excluded

Led the Islamic Revolution in Iran Ayatollah Khomeini Led the Islamic Revolution in Iran

Dictatorship Power is normally held by 1 person and supported by the military No “real” elections People must support the dictator in every way and never do anything against them

Germany

North Korea

Joseph Stalin – Dictatorship (Russia) Forced confessions and executions Killed between 20-60 million people

Stalin Forced confessions and executions Killed between 20-60 million people

What is important in Nationalism? Your own: Country Flag National Anthem Currency Self-Control

China vs. Tibet

Dalai Lama - Buddhist

The Soviet Government Deports An Entire Nation Despite the fact that nearly 40,000 Chechens fought for the Soviets in World War II, the government later accused them of helping the Nazis. To punish the Chechen people, the government decided to deport all of them to remote areas of the Soviet Union in freight cars. On February 23, 1944, the entire Chechen population was ordered to local party buildings where they were informed they were being deported for helping the Germans. Anyone who could not be transported for some reason was to be shot immediately. In one such instance, 700 people were locked in a barn that was burned to the ground. Experts believe up to 50 percent of the Chechen population died during the deportation.

Boston Bombers

Bosnian Genocide The fall of the Soviet Union had far-ranging consequences, none more devastating than in former Yugoslavia.  Beginning in 1990, the country began splintering into republics, leading to intense ethnic tensions and population displacement.   The worst of the crimes occurred in Bosnia with the execution of thousands of Serbs in an attempt to “ethnically cleanse” the area.  A measure of peace in the area was finally established in 1995, but only in the wake of more than twenty thousand casualties—most of them the result of executions, fires, rapes, and even public beheadings.

Who gained and who lost? Israel – gain land and access to Mediterranean Sea Palestine – lost land and had little access to Mediterranean

Israel-Palestine Conflict

European Union Political and Economic Union

Poland Easily accessed due to no real physical barriers (prime target for invasion)

Poland Poland was diminished by: World War 1 World War 2 The Cold War