Political Systems
This type of government is led by the people through voting.
What is a democracy?
A country must have this, where its people live.
What is a territory or land?
In PEEL writing, the "P" stands for this
What is Point?
The Philippines sits on this moving part of the Earth's crust
What is a tectonic plate?
This line circles the Earth halfway between the North and South Poles.
What is the Equator?
In this system, one person, like a king or queen, rules the country
What is a monarchy?
This group of people shares a common government and often a culture.
What is a population?
The "E" in PEEL is when you give facts or quotes.
What is Evidence?
This ocean surrounds the eastern side of the Philippines.
What is the Pacific Ocean?
These lines run east to west and measure how far north or south a place is
What are lines of latitude?
This political system has one political party and a powerful government
What is a dictatorship?
This gives a country the ability to make and enforce its own laws.
What is sovereignty?
"Explain" in PEEL means you do this with your evidence.
What is describe how the evidence supports your point?
The Philippines is part of this volcanic zone in the Pacific
What is the Ring of Fire?
This line is at 0° longitude and runs through Greenwich, England
What is the Prime Meridian?
In this system, religious leaders control the government
What is a theocracy?
This international organization includes almost all countries
What is the United Nations?
The "L" helps the paragraph end well and go to the next one.
What is Link?
Many islands of the Philippines were formed by these.
What are volcanic eruptions?
The lines of longitude meet at these two points on Earth.
What are the North and South Poles?
This system has no central government and often leads to chaos
What is anarchy?
This document usually describes the laws and structure of a country’s government.
What is a constitution?
Using PEEL helps you write this type of text clearly
What is a paragraph or essay?
This process formed the landmass by pushing rocks from the sea to the surface.
What is plate subduction?
This is the name of the grid system used to find exact locations on Earth.
What is the coordinate system or global grid?