1. Government Review

2. Forms of Government
Governments around the world share, or distribute, power in different ways
There are 2 main ways governments DISTRIBUTE Power
Unitary form of government
Federal form of government

3. Central Authority Regional Authority
Country or Nation
Regional Authority
State (Province)
County
City

4. Congress (Senate & House of Representatives)
Washington D.C.
President
Congress (Senate & House of Representatives)
Supreme Court

5. Unitary Government
Central Authority
Regional Authority

6. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Regional Authority
Central Authority

7. Citizen Participation
Different governments decide a citizens’ role in government differently
The government can share none, little, or most of its power with its citizens

8. rule by one OLIGARCHIC DEMOCRATIC rule by all
AUTOCRATIC
rule by one
OLIGARCHIC
rule by the few
DEMOCRATIC
rule by all

9. 2 main forms of democratic governments . . .
Parliamentary
Presidential

10. Presidential Democracy
Different branches of government (executive, legislative, judicial) are equal in power
Executive branch independent from the legislature (meaning the president elected by citizens not legislature)
Remy, Richard C., United States Government- Democracy in Action (Columbus, OH: Glencoe, McGraw-Hill, 2006) 10

11. Parliamentary Democracy
Legislature (most of the time called “Parliament”)makes most decisions
Executive (Prime Minister) elected by the legislature instead of by the citizens
Remy, Richard C., United States Government- Democracy in Action (Columbus, OH: Glencoe, McGraw-Hill, 2006) 11