Forms of Gov.
This is one of the oldest forms of government in the world. Power is held by a single ruler and is generally inherited from one generation to the next.
What is a monarchy?
In this system of government, the regional ( states) have more power than the federal government. The states primarily govern themselves independently.
What is a confederal system?
In this economic system, the answers to what goods and services are produced are decided by individual communties according to tradition, customs, and culture.
What is traditional?
One disadvantage of this form of government is that leadership from generation to generation could be unpredicatable.
What is monarchy?
In this form of government, voters elect both members of the legislative and the leader of the executive branch.
What is a presidential democracy?
A form of government in which a single ruler seizes and controls the government using force or the threat of violence. Coercive power is maintained through control of the military and police.
What is a dictatorship?
In this system of government, power is divided between the national and regional ( state governments).
What is a "federal" system ( Federalism)
This economic system relies on individuals and businesses to decide what goods and services are produced. There is very little government interference.
What is a market system?
An advantage of this type of government is that the laws that leaders make may align with the religious and moral values of the people they govern.
What is a theocracy?
In this type of government, decisions and policies are frequently made directly by voters who meet in an assembly or vote by ballots.
What is direct democracy?
In this type of government, an individual or small group of powerful leaders make and enforce laws based on religion. This system may lead to persecution or marginalization of members of minority religious groups.
What is a theocracy?
In this system of government, power is centralized in a powerful national government. Regional governments only derive their power from the central government. The central ( national government) is bigger and stronger than the regional governments.
What is a unitary system?
In this economic system, the government answers the economic questions about what goods and services are produced. Primarily, the government owns the factors of production.
What is a command economy?
A disadvantage of this system of government is that voters can become "fatigued". It may be inefficient in countries with large populations because so many people would have to vote frequently.
What is a direct democracy?
This french term refers to the sudden overthrow of a government, ususally be a small group of milititary leaders, often during times of political instability.
What is coup detat?
In this form of government, a small group of wealthy and powerful "elite" make laws, promote candidates, and control decisions about the one political party that governs.
What is a single party state?
What is unitary?
The four primary factors of production that are needed to create the goods and services people need and want.
What are land, labor, capital, and entrepreneurship?
An advantage of this economic system is full employment because the government ensures there are jobs for everyone, and more income equality because the government controls wages. A disadvantage is lower quality goods and workers that are not incentivized to be more productive or creative because income amounts are fixed by the government and not determined by individual business owners.
What is a command economy?
General term for any government in which citizens exercise political power, either by voting directly for their laws, or by electing representatives to do that for them.
What is democracy?
A form of government in which voters elect members of the legislative branch, and then leaders in the legislative branch elect the leaders of the executive branch.
What is a parliamentary democracy?
The country of Newberg is made up of six large regions, called provinces. In Newberg, each of the provinces produces a different product according to the traditions of their ancestors ( wooden furniture, grain, dairy, fishing, baskets, and textiles). Each region trades with its neighbors as it sees fit. Within each province, people vote themseleves on every law and policy they want to govern them. There is a very small and weak central government that only gets involved when the provinces want it to. type Newberg has this type of economic system, form of government, and government system.
What is confederal, traditional, and direct democracy?
This term refers to a way of life in which people rely heavily on natural resources to meet their basic needs for food, shelter, and clothing. Rather than relying on a market system, they may barter, hunt, fish or make goods as part of a traditional economy. Many of these people have just enough to meet their basic needs.
What is subsitence living?
An advantage of this economic system is faster economic growth and a wide range of higher quality goods and services. A disadvantage may be periods of unemployment and recession, and higher levels of income inequality.
What is a market system?
General term for any government ruled by an all powerful group or individual.
What is authoritarian?