1. Government/Civics Domain

2. How do government systems distribute power and determine citizen participation?

3. The ways in which government systems distribute power is the relationship between the national or central government and the smaller governmental divisions (states, provinces, counties, regions, and cities)

4. Federal (Federation) Ways Government Distributes Power: Power to make laws and decisions for the people is SHARED or divided between one central and several regional authorities.

5. Federation / Federal Ways Government Distributes Power Regional Authority Central Authority Regional Authority Notice the circles of the Central and Regional Authorities are similar in size and the arrows go both ways. Circles represent the amount of power and the arrows represent the direction the power flows

6. List of countries with Federal Governments (24) Argentina Australia Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Canada Comoros Ethiopia Germany India Malaysia Mexico Micronesia Nigeria Pakistan Russia St. Kitts and Nevis South Africa Spain Switzerland United Arab Emirates United States of America Venezuela Countries in Transition to Federalism Iraq Sudan Countries Considering a Federal System Sri Lanka

7. Unitary Ways Government Distributes Power: Power is held by one central authority. The central authority has all the power to make laws and decisions for the people.

8. Unitary Ways Government Distributes Power Central Authority Regional Authority Notice the Central Authority circle is much larger than the Regional Authority circles and the arrows go from the central out to the regional Circles represent the amount of power and the arrows represent the direction the power flows

9. List of Unitary States Afghanistan Chile People's Republic of China Colombia Cuba Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea France Greece Guatemala Guinea Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland Indonesia Iran Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Kenya New Zealand Nicaragua Niger North Korea Norway Saudi Arabia South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Turkey Uganda United Kingdom Vatican City Vietnam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe

10. Confederation Ways Government Distributes Power: Voluntary association of independent states that make their own laws and decisions, but are loosely aligned to a weak central government Have some common purpose Agree to certain limitations on their freedom States maintain considerable independence

11. Confederation Ways Government Distributes Power Central Authority Regional Authority Notice the Regional Authority circles are much larger than the Central Authority circle and the arrows go from regional to central Circles represent the amount of power and the arrows represent the direction the power flows

12. List of Confederations- Today Iroquois ConfederacyIroquois Confederacy (1090–present) European Union and OPEC Historic confederations New England Confederation (1643–1684) New England Confederation United States of AmericaUnited States of America under the Articles of Confederation (1781– 1789)Articles of Confederation Confederate States of AmericaConfederate States of America, (1861–1865) Fictional confederations Confederacy of Independent SystemsConfederacy of Independent Systems (Star Wars)Star Wars Terran ConfederationTerran Confederation (Wing Commander)Wing Commander Terran ConfederacyTerran Confederacy (StarCraft)StarCraft Capellan ConfederationCapellan Confederation (Battletech)Battletech Confederation of Planet Omega (animated series Once Upon a Time... SpaceOnce Upon a Time... Space

13. Distributed Summarizing Government Distribution of Power Continuum Labeling Task

14. Ways Government Distributes Power Federal Unitary Confederation All key powers are held by the central government State/regional authorities hold most of the power Strong central government Weaker central government

15. How do government systems distribute power and determine citizen participation?

16. How Governments Determine Citizen Participation DemocracyOligarchicAutocratic Government Power Citizen Participation Government Power General Citizen Participation Government Power Citizen Participation Select Citizens Participate High Low or No Participation

17. Autocratic How Governments Determine Citizen Participation: One person possesses unlimited power. The citizen has limited, if any, role in government. Rule of ONE

18. How Governments Determine Citizen Participation: Autocratic The oldest form of government. One of the most common forms of government. Dictator maintains power through inheritance or ruthless use of military and police power.

19. How Governments Determine Citizen Participation: Forms of Autocratic Govts. Absolute or Totalitarian Dictatorship Ideas of a single leader glorified. Government tries to control all aspects of social and economic life. Government is not responsible to the people. People lack the power to limit their rulers. Examples- Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin

20. Oligarchy How Governments Determine Citizen Participation: Rule of a few. Sometimes a small group exercises control, especially for corrupt and selfish purposes. The citizen has a very limited role.

21. How Governments Determine Citizen Participation Oligarchy The group gets its power from military power, social power, wealth, religion or a combination. Political opposition is usually suppressed- sometimes violently. Examples- Communist countries such as China. South Africa during Apartheid Leaders in the party and armed forces control government.

22. How Governments Determine Citizen Participation Autocracy & Oligarchy Sometimes claim they rule for the people. In reality, the people have very little say in both types of government. Examples- May hold elections with only one candidate or control the results in various ways. Examples- Even when these governments have a legislature or national assembly, they often only approve decisions made by the leaders.

23. Democracy How Governments Determine Citizen Participation: Rule of ALL. A country or nation where the people hold supreme power. Usually, they exercise their power by electing officials to represent them.

24. Government Distribution of Power & Citizen Participation Summarizer