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1. What are three other countries that are? Considered democracies? Or Republics?2. What type of economy do most democracies have?3. The president isn’t the only one who can make laws in the U.S. Who also
has power to make laws? 4. What type of power does a democracy have? Limited or unlimited? How do you know? Who is able to control the power (be specific)?5. What is the difference between a representative democracy and a direct
democracy?
People select leaders by majority rule (voting)
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People help decide what is to be produced by buying goods and services
1. Who decides what you can buy from a store?2. What are different services in the economy that you can buy?3. Why do you think people who live in market economies enjoy
living with a market economy? Why?
Autocracy(Autocratic government)
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An autocracy is a system of government in which supreme political power is concentrated in the hands of one person.
That person’s decisions are not subject to external legal restraints (laws). Often Dictatorships are considered
Autocratic governments.
1. Who has power in an Autocracy?2. What type of laws do they have to follow?3. Do you think people living under an autocratic leader
have many freedoms? Why or why not? Give at least 2 examples.
4. In what north african countries did their used to be autocratic governments, but now there are new democracies? (use your book)
Government ruled by a religious leader
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1. Who has power in a theocracy?2.In what countries or regions can you find
a theocratic government of the past? 3.Why do you think there are very
Few Theocratic governments left?
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Constitutional monarchy- a monarch inherits the right to rule, but is limited by laws and a lawmaking body elected by the people.
Absolute monarchy- a monarch inherits the right to rule and has unlimited power!
MONARCHY MAP
██ Absolute monarchy██ Semi-constitutional monarchy██ Constitutional monarchy
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██ States in personal union with a constitutional monarch, such as many Commonwealth realms
██ Subnational monarchies (partial monarchies, some regions
often still have a local monarch leader)
1.What countries have a constitutional monarchy in the Eastern Hemisphere? (name at least 3)
2.Do some constitutional monarchy countries control other lands? (ex: like does a king or queen rule, but not live near that country or that land they control. The monarchy may not have control over the politics of the country). Give an example of the monarchy and a country or other land they control?
3.Why do you think some countries moved away from monarchies and are now a republics or democracies?
Map of the current sovereign monarchs in the World
Dark Red- Absolute MonarchyDark orange- Semi-constitutional MonarchyDark Green- Constitutional MonarchyMedium Green- Commonwealth RealmPink- Sub-state Monarchy
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Type of Government chartStation #6
1. In a dictatorship, who makes the decisions in the government? Do the people have a say in the gov’t?
2. In a constitutional monarchy who makes the laws?3. How do decisions about government and laws get
make in a direct democracy? Who makes those decisions?
4. What is the name of the leader of most representative democracies?
A system of government where the government plans and controls the economy and the people of the country.
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1. What type of economy would a communist government have? 2. What parts of a countries economy would a communist
government control? (example: prices of food) give at least 3 examples
3. The leaders of communist governments are often called what?
Communist map #1Station #8
This is a map shows the countries in the world that were considered communist in the late 1970’s and early 1980’s.
1.Name 3 countries from Africa that between 1970s’ and 1980’s were led by communist governments.
2.Name 3 countries from Asia that between the 1970s’ and 1980’s were led by communist governments.
Communist Map #2Station #9
This is a map shows the countries in the world that as of 2012 are considered communist countries.
1. Name 3 communist countries from this map.
2. Why do you think there so many less countries now that are communist than in the 1970’s and 1980’s?
3. What is the difference between a democracy and a communist government?
Look at the cartoon. Discuss with your group what you think the cartoon is discussing. Then answer the following questions
1. What is this cartoon describing? 2. Give examples to support your answer from question 1.
(at least 3 examples)3. Name the three people depicted in the cartoon, what
type of leader they were, and what country they led. 4. FOR EXTRA CREDIT (must be completed after all the stations are done)
Create your own political cartoon. Use your knowledge of communism to make a political cartoon.
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Mao Zedong, commonly referred to as Chairman Mao
(December 26, 1893 – September 9, 1976), was a Chinese communist revolutionary, political theorist and politician. The architect and founding father of the People's Republic
of China (PRC) from its establishment in 1949, he governed the country as Chairman of the Central
Committee of the Communist Party of China until his death in 1976. Politically a Marxist-Leninist, his theoretical
contribution to the ideology along with his military strategies and brand of policies are collectively known as
Maoism.
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Kim Jong-il, aka Kim Jong Il (16 February 1941; unofficial
biography claims 1942 – 17 December 2011), was the supreme leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011. He was
considered by the international community as the communist dictator of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). He succeeded his father and founder of the DPRK Kim Il-sung following the elder Kim's death in 1994.
Kim Jong-il was the General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, Chairman of the National Defense
Commission of North Korea, and the supreme commander of the Korean People's Army, the fourth-largest standing army in the world. His son Kim Jong-Un is now the leader
of the country.
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Fidel Castro, born August 13, 1926 is a Cuban
communist revolutionary and politician, having held the position of Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976, and then President from 1976 to 2008. He also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party
of Cuba from the party's foundation in 1961 until 2011. Politically a Marxist-Leninist, under his
administration the Republic of Cuba was converted into a one-party socialist state, with industry and
business being nationalized under state ownership and socialist reforms implemented in all areas of
society.
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Economic systems chart
1. What countries have a command economy?2. Of those countries, what is their form of government?3. What is a market economy? (answer in your own
words, don’t just copy from the chart)
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4. In a mixed economy, individuals own most resources and determine what to produce. What are some of the examples of the resources people own, and what are two examples of what they could produce?
Legend orange - parliamentary republics (elect leaders and has parliament)
green - presidential republics, executive presidency linked to a parliament
yellow - presidential republics, semi-presidential system
blue - presidential republics full presidential system (also called a democracy in some countries)
red - parliamentary constitutional monarchies in which the monarch does not personally exercise power. The parliament (also called congress in some countries, holds most governmental power)
magenta - constitutional monarchies in which the monarch personally exercises (uses their power), often with a weak parliament which is many times hand-picked by the monarch.
purple - absolute monarchies (there used to be a lot more of them)
brown - republics where the dominant role of a single party is codified in the constitution (there isn’t a two party system, people only really have the choice of 1 group to vote for)
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dark green - countries where constitutional provisions for government that has been suspended (or is no longer in power and can’t rule the people)
gray - countries that do not fit in any of the above listed systems
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Directions: Use the map and legend to answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper. When you have
finished answering the questions, check your answers with the answer sheet up next to frank on the front table!
1. Where are the majority of presidential republics or Democracies found?
2. What are two countries that are colored red?3. Describe the red government. 4. Do you know why the monarch doesn’t
participate? (just take a guess on this one)
5. What countries have an absolute monarchy? What color?
6. Why do you think people would get frustrated with the governmental system in the brown countries?
7. Which type of government is most predominant throughout the world?
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