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Gov/economic systems

Governement and political systems in Europe

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How is power distributed? the power distribution system is unitary, conferderation, and federal.
How is power distributed in the United Kingdom? unitary system
What is a unitary system? A government system that has one strong central government.
What is the description of the ollie for a unitary system? Big haed and little bitty tentacles.
What is an example of a confederation? The European Union
What is the distribution of power in a confederation? It has a weak national government and several individual governments.
what is the description ollie of a confederation? A little bitty head and long tentacles.
What government system has power distributed into levels of government such as national, state, and local? Federal
What are examples of a federal government in Europe? Russia and Germany
What is the ollie for the federal system? An evenly proportioned head and tentacles and there are 2 of them!!!
What type of leader does Russia have? A president
What is the type of government in Russia, United kingdom, and Germany? Republic democracy
What type of leader does the United Kingdom have? A prime minister
What is and example of a government that has a Chancellor? Germany
What government don't allow citizens to have any say in the government Autocratic and Oligarchic
What type of government has citizens elect their leaders? Democracy
What are the types of democracies? Presidential and parlimentary
What is the difference between a autoratic and oligarchic governements? Autocratic governments have one leader rule. In an oligarchic multiple leaders rule.
What type of democracy has citizens elect their law-making body but not their leader? A parlimentary democracy
What type of democracy has the citizens elect their law-making body and their leader. Presidential Democracy
How many direct democracies are there in the world? 0
What word describes a republic democracy? representative
What government is a constitutional monarchy and a parlimentary democracy? United Kingdom
What type of government has a leader as a dictator? Autocratic
What government has a king or a queen inherit the right to rule? Absolute monarchy
What is a problem with a direct democracy? It takes a long amount of time for everyone in a country to come to a conclusion on a law.
If only half of the world has a democracy, what does that say about the other half of the world? Half of the worlds people have little say in how they are governed.
What is the purpose of the European Union? To create a free trade zone between countries in the EU
What type currency is used in the EU? Euro
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