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Discuss with your elbow partner.
All countries require governments to function.
Governments provide laws, structure, public services, and national defense.
Federal, Confederation, Unitary
Federal– Power is shared by a powerful central government and the state or local governments.
States or provinces are given considerable self rule, usually through their own legislatures.
Examples: › United States› Russia› Germany
State Governments
Power is Shared
Unitary – a system in which the power is held by one central authority
All power is given to one branch of government.
Examples:› France› United Kingdom (U.K.)› Sweden› Spain› Former Soviet Union
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Central has ALL power
State Governments
• Confederation - a system in which power is shared by an alliance or union of political organizations
• Independent states voluntarily work together for some common purpose and agree to certain limits on their freedom of action as a confederation.
• Examples:- European Union- Switzerland
State/Local governments have ALL the power
How Governments Share Power
CONFEDERATION FEDERAL UNITARY
ALL CONTROL AT LOCAL LEVEL
CENTRAL (NATIONAL) AND LOCAL SHARE POWER
ALL CONTROL AT CENTRAL (NATIONAL) LEVEL
• Let’s get in groups of three.• Number yourselves one, two, and three. Ones explain to the twos and threes how a
unitary government system distributes power.
Twos explain to the ones and threes how a confederation government system distributes power.
Threes explain to the ones and twos how a federal government system distributes power.
Your task: Create an award that will go with each
of the three ways that government systems distribute power
Write the award and also include a brief description of why the award was given.› For example: “Most Likely to Back Each
Other Up In A War” › Confederate System -- The member
countries have alliances with each other.
Government System Award & Reason
Federal
Confederation “Most Likely to Back Each Other Up In A War”
--Member countries form an alliance
Unitary