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Governement and political systems in Europe
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |