1. SS7CG1a Describe the ways government systems distribute power: unitary, confederation, and federal.
Concept:
Governance

2. Vocabulary Words To Know
Unitary
Confederation
Federal

3. UNITARY
characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is held by one central authority.

4. CONFEDERATION
voluntary associations of independent states that, to secure some common purpose, agree to certain limitations on their freedom of action and establish some joint machinery of consultation or deliberation.

5. FEDERAL
characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities.

6. Below are distribution of power examples
SSCG1a
Below are distribution of power examples
Morocco and South Africa and Nigeria and
Ghana Uganda Ethiopia
Form of government where one central group holds ALL the power.
Group of independent states that have a common interest or purpose that SHARES the power.
Form of government where power is DIVIDED between one central group and several regional groups.
UNITARY
CONFEDERATION
FEDERAL
DISTRIBUTION OF POWER

7. SS7CG1b Explain how governments determine citizen participation: autocratic, oligarchic, and democratic.
Concept:
Governance

8. Vocabulary Words To Know
Autocratic
Oligarchic
Democratic

9. AUTOCRATIC
government in which one person possesses unlimited power and the citizen has little if any role in the government. (like a dictatorship or even a monarchy)

10. OLIGARCHIC
government by the few, sometimes a government in which a small group exercises control especially for corrupt and selfish purposes. The citizen has a very limited role.

11. DEMOCRATIC
a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people an exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections.

12. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION
SSCG1b
Below are citizen participation examples
AUTOCRATIC
OLIGARCHIC
DEMOCRATIC
Government where one person has unlimited power and the citizen has little if any role or rights.
Government where a small group of people who have all the power and the citizen has a very limited role.
Government where the citizens have all the power either directly or indirectly through free elections.
Morocco and Apartheid-era South Africa and
Libya South Africa Kenya
CITIZEN PARTICIPATION

13. SS7CG1c Describe the two predominant forms of democratic governments: parliamentary and presidential.
Concept:
Governance

14. Vocabulary Words To Know
Parliamentary
Presidential

15. PARLIAMENTARY
a democracy having a parliament, a system of government having the real executive power vested in a cabinet composed of members of the legislature who are individually and collectively responsible to the legislature. May have a Prime Minister elected by the legislature.

16. PRESIDENTIAL
a system of government in which the president is constitutionally independent of the legislature.

17. DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENTS
SSCG1c
Below are democratic government examples
PARLIAMENTARY
A cabinet (group of people) or Prime Minister elected by the legislature and not the citizens. Legislative branch that makes the laws have a large share of the power.
PRESIDENTIAL
The President is elected by the citizens and is part of the executive branch, not the legislative branch.
South Africa Senegal
DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENTS

18. Concept: Governance Individuals – Groups - Institutions
SS7CG2a Compare the republican systems of government in the Republic of Kenya and the Republic of South Africa to the dictatorship of the Republic of Sudan, distinguishing the form of leadership and role of the citizen in terms of voting and personal freedoms.
Concept:
Governance
Individuals – Groups - Institutions