What do you think about when think about the word GOVERNMENT ?

1. What do you think about when think about the word GOVERNMENT?

2. Government Descriptions power sharing BETWEEN the GOV’T & the CITIZENS • Autocratic • Oligarchic • Democratic

3. Government Descriptions power sharing BETWEEN the GOV’T & the CITIZENS power sharing WITHIN the GOV’T (bw the different levels)

4. Government Descriptions power sharing WITHIN the GOV’T (bw the different levels) • Unitary • Confederate • Federal

5. How Governments Share POWER

6. Ways Governments Share Power

7. Forms of Government • Different forms of government share, or distribute, powerin different ways WITHINthe gov’t • The larger centralgovernment can have moreor lesspower than the smaller regionalgovernments

8. Central Authority one larger organizing authority Regional Authority multiple smaller branches of authority

9. Central Authority Country/Nation State/Province County Controls a larger AREA Regional Authority State/Province County City Controls a smaller AREA

10. National & State Levels Washington D.C. President Congress (Senate & House of Representatives) Supreme Court

11. BartowCounty State & Local Levels Fulton County Paulding County Cobb County Coffee County Cherokee County Bacon County

12. Central Authority Ms. Lyons Ms. Metcalfe, Ms. Hesson Regional Authority 6th grade teachers Regional Authority Connections teachers Regional Authority 7th grade teachers Regional Authority 8th grade teachers

14. 3 main ways governments distribute, or share,power . . . • federal • unitary • confederation

15. power sharing WITHIN the GOV’T (bw the different levels) confederation unitary federal LEAST central control MOST central control

16. central equal greater independent less regional shared weaker

17. ANSWERS • greater • less • equal • central • weaker • independent • regional • shared

18. Ways Government Distributes Powercentral SMALLER than regional Regional Authority Regional Authority Central Authority Regional Authority Regional Authority

19. Ways Government Distributes Power Central LARGER than regional Regional Authority Regional Authority Central Authority Regional Authority Regional Authority

20. Ways Government Distributes Power SAME size Regional Authority Regional Authority Central Authority Regional Authority Regional Authority

21. Federal Central = Regional EQUAL Unitary Central > Regional GREATERthan Confederation Central <Regional LESSthan

22. Federal (Federation)Central = Regional • Power to make laws & decisions for the people isSHAREDbetween onecentralgovernment and severalregionalauthorities (ex. states, counties, cities) • states are given considerable self-rule, usually through their own legislatures (body of gov’t that makes the laws)

23. Ways Government Distributes Power SAME size Regional Authority Regional Authority Central Authority Regional Authority Regional Authority

24. Central Authority Regional Authority Regional Authority Regional Authority Regional Authority

25. EXAMPLESof federal governments U.S. South Africa Sudan India

26. UnitaryCentral > Regional • Most power is held by one central authority • Central government has all the power to make all laws & decisions for the people • The central government controls smaller weaker regions (ex. states, counties, cities)

27. Ways Government Distributes Power Central LARGER than regional Regional Authority Regional Authority Central Authority Regional Authority Regional Authority

29. Central Authority Regional Authority Regional Authority Regional Authority Regional Authority

30. EXAMPLESof unitary governments China Japan Israel Saudi Arabia Kenya

31. ConfederationCentral < Regional • Voluntaryalliance of independent regional authorities that often assign only a few powers to the central authority • Regional authorities come together for a specific purpose (ex. trade, security) • Regional authorities agree to certain limits to their freedom of action, but still keep considerable independence

32. Confederation cont. • Individual states make their own laws & decisions and are loosely connected to a weak central government • The central government is only concerned about defense and trade • Less binding than a federation

33. Ways Government Distributes Power Central LARGER than regional Regional Authority Regional Authority Central Authority Regional Authority Regional Authority

34. Central Authority Regional Authority Regional Authority Regional Authority Regional Authority

35. EXAMPLESof confederation governments OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) Countries like Iran, Iraq, & Saudi Arabia come together to control the amount and price of oil sold

36. Central Authority Regional Authority Regional Authority Regional Authority Regional Authority

37. Which government is which? federal unitary confederation

38. Federal Ways Government Distributes Power SAME size Regional Authority Regional Authority Central Authority Regional Authority Regional Authority

39. Unitary Ways Government Distributes Power Central LARGER than regional Regional Authority Regional Authority Central Authority Regional Authority Regional Authority

40. Confederation Ways Government Distributes Powercentral SMALLER than regional Regional Authority Regional Authority Central Authority Regional Authority Regional Authority