GOVERNMENTS

Government

System of Ruling the masses.

Sovereignty The right to govern and the freedom to decide

on the actions of your own government

Popular Sovereignty

The right to govern oneself

Autonomy

Self Government

Constitution A structured list of rules and basic laws that a

nation and its people follow and obey

Federal Government

A government that gives the National government certain powers and reserves some powers to the

states

Confederation A government that gives smaller political units, States, certain powers and the limits the power of

the National Government

Democracy A government Where the people of a nation are

able to vote and choose their leaders.

Monarchy A government where the leaders of a Nation

inherit their power by birth, Kings and Queens

Constitutional Monarchy Kings and Queens who rule a nation but follow a

constitution and whose Foreign and Domestic Policy is controlled by a Prime Minister

Dictatorships A government where one person controls and holds all the power of a country by military force

or political terror

Authoritarian A government where all the leaders of a nation

hold all the power

Totalitarian A government where the leaders of a nation try to

control everything in the society: the politics, the economy, and peoples personal lives

Economic Systems

A monetary system of a nation in order to create income. Economic way of life.

Capitalism An Economic System based on a Free Market

Economy and the idea of Free Enterprise.

Free Market Economy

Freedom to buy and sell what you want

Free Enterprise When a person can own, operate, and profit

from his or her own business

Communism

An economic system where the government or state controls all economic decisions.

Communism All economic

decisions are for the good of the

Community and share the wealth

COMMAND ECONOMY

Socialism An Economic System where the government

controls the basis of industry, transportation, communication, and healthcare

Socialism

The government owns the businesses that is shared by Society

The United States of America

is a Democracy based on a Capitalism

China

Is a totalitarian based on Communism

Canada

Is a Constitutional Monarchy based on Socialism

The Cold War

After World War 2 the United States (USA) and the United Soviet

Socialist Republics

(USSR) started a war against each

other

A War of Propaganda

War of words and political threats between the 2

Nuclear Arms Race

The USA and USSR kept building Nuclear Weapons to the point of World Destruction

Race To Space A competition to see who can get into space

first and then to the moon.

The Cold War was fought for close to 40 years. No Blood shed or Bombs exploded

Capitalism vs. Communism

Berlin Wall The Berlin wall was a iconic symbol of the Cold

War. When it was torn down this statement marked the end of the Cold War

Berlin Wall 99 miles long

The Fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989

Marks the End of the Cold War