Tuesday 8.20.19

• Objectives: Define government and its purpose.
• Describe the different forms of government in the world today.
• Warm up 3:  
  
  
  No homework
  
  
  Classwork: answer the following questions for each section
  
  
  1. What is the difference between a state and a nation? 
  2. How is government conducted under a dictatorship? How does a dictatorship differ from democracy? 
  3. How does a constitution help to make it possible for a government to carry out its public policies? 
  4. Summarize the four leading theories of the origin of state. Which two best describe the origin of dictatorships? 
  5. What is meant by “standards of justice have not always been met?” What are some examples of efforts to reach the goal of justice for all?
     
     1. How is power distributed in a federal government? How does a federal state differ from a confederate state? 
     2. What is the relationship between the executive and legislative branches in a parliamentary government? 
     3. What are some of the characteristics of democracy that dictatorships adopt? Are these characteristics of a true dictatorship? Why or why not? Why might the rulers of a dictatorship choose to take on these characteristics? 
     4. Explain how a unitary government might be either democratic or dictatorial in form.