1. Comparing forms of Government
Chapter 2
Comparing forms of Government

2. Vocab Check
Market Economy: relies on markets to determine which goods & services to produce & how to produce them

3. Vocab Check
Traditional Economy: Decision about what to produce are based on custom, belief & tradition.

4. Vocab check
Command Economy: Central government determines what good and services to produce & how to produce them

5. Government
Democracy: most
Monarchies: few
Dictatorships: fewer

6. 2.2
The Origins and Evolution of Government

7. In the beginning……. Wanderers Decision makers Farming Villages
City-States

8. Early Government….. One Ruler Power passed to family
Then…….5th century Greece

9. Direct Democracy
Public decisions are made by citizens meeting together and voting by ballot
Power is in the hands of the people
AND…………………..

10. Representative Democracy
Rome
Republic
Decisions are made by leaders who are elected by the citizens to represent their interests

11. Eventually Roman Empire fell and broke into districts
Parliament develops
Absolute monarchies rise

12. Monarchy Rule? …..Different…. …….revolutions…….
And this led to………………………….

13. Constitutional Monarchy
Powers of the monarch are limited by a constitution

14. 1775 American Revolution led to 1st modern Constitutional Democracy
A democratic government based on a Written Constitution

15. AND……………. French Revolution = Authoritarian Regime
State has control over citizens

16. Totalitarianism Extreme form of Authoritarian control
Where are we going?

17. 3 Total Control
Communism
Fascism
Nazism

18. Check 2.1 & 2.2 What factor drives a market economy?
What factor drives a traditional economy?
Who makes the decisions in a direct democracy?
Who makes the decisions in a representative democracy?