Types of Governments
A government where the people have the power. The government derives its power from the people.
What is a democracy?
A person who flees their country of origin to seek asylum in another based on a well-founded fear of persecution due to race, religion, political opinion, nationality, or membership in a social group
What is a Refugee?
Ancient Athens practiced which form of democracy?
What is a direct democracy?
A document that describes the laws and organization of a nation. Typically outlines the rights of the people.
What is a constitution?
The word created by the stems “demos” and “kratos”
A government where power is with ONE person/party.
What is authoritarianism?
A person who moves to a different country usually permanently by CHOICE
What is an Immigrant
Which Intellectual Movement spread the democratic ideals from ancient civilizations to the present day?
The Enlightenment
The fair and equal enforcement of the law to all people
What is rule of law?
Who was the Spanish Dictator that ruled Spain between 1939 to 1975?
Who was Francisco Franco?
A type of government ruled by an individual who has total control over the population's public and private lives.
What is Totalitarianism?
An individuals moves to a new country in search of work. Is that person a migrant or refugee?
What is a migrant?
Which Enlightenment Figure called for representative democracies? He thought direct democracy was too perfect a system for mankind. Your options are John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, or Baron de Montesquieu
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The hostile treatment of a person because of a part of their identity
What is persecution?
Factors such as war, persecution, or lack of available food
What is a push factor?
A government that is controlled by a few people
An individual forced to flee their home within the borders of their country
What is an internally displaced person (IDP)?
The United States and Great Britain are both
Representative Democracies (Republics)
The place where refugees reside after fleeing their country of origin
Host Country
Factors such as job opportunities, educational opportunities, and safety
What is a pull factor?
What type of government is run by a religous figure?
What is a theocracy?
People identified as of Jewish origin who fled to South America because of persecution by the Nazis
What is an ethnic/religious refugee?
What factors of Roman Government were characteristic of a representative democracy?
What is the foundation of a Senate and Consuls? (elected representatives)
When a democracy slowly transitions to an authoritarian state.
What is Democratic Backsliding?
There was a large refugee crisis in Syria because of what pro-democracy movement
The Arab Spring