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22 Cards in this Set
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when creating the pledge of allegiance, what line was a problem by adding it in? why
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under god, some people don’t worship god
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Anarchy vs. Order - why do we need government?
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to keep order peace, solve problems, have services like mail, schools, etc, a leader that lets people vote for what they want, no riots, under control, they control all. without it we would be in chaos
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Dictatorship vs. Democracy
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dictator rules all what he says goes, no input, no rebellion, democracy, power to the people, people have a say in how they live in their world and how they are treated.
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3 Dictators in history
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Adolf Hitler (Holocaust, Germany)
FIDEL CASTRO (cuba) Idi Amin (Uganda) |
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Direct Democracy vs. Representative Democracy
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Direct, everyone votes while representative has elected leaders vote for the people
Representative: intended for large groups Same: citizens have the power/can vote Direct Democracy: for smaller groups people have direct say everyone votes on the laws |
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Name the 7 types of governments
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Anarchy, representative democracy, direct democracy, oligarchy, monarchy, theocracy, dictatorship
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Describe the Democracy in Athens in 500 BC, also 3 ways that it could be unstable, biggest flaw, what is there equivalent to our congress and what does that do?
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They gave us the democracy that we have today, they had a direct democracy, they choose officials randomly because they wanted everyone to have a fair chance. It could be unstable because no pro politicians, civil services, or lawyers/court
system biggest flaw was women and slaves couldn’t vote popular assembly related to congress by voting on important state actions |
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Define Government
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The power of authority that rules over a country
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Direct and representative democracy are the same because
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the people hold the power
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oligarchy and monarchy are different because
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1 ruler vs. many rulers
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monarchy and dictatorship share the characteristics
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on leader is the ruler and has the final say
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monarchy and dictatorship are similar bit
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monarchy is not by force
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autocracy and democracy are different because
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one person having vote vs. all people
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Direct Democracy + ex.
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everyone votes on everything every time, held in ancient athens
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Representative Democracy + ex.
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elected leaders act for the people, they are elected by the people, USA today
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monarchy + ex.
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kings and queens rule, passed by generation/family, Spain today
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Dictatorship + ex.
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power by force, all control by them, North Korea
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Theocracy + ex.
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rule buy god or a higher power, religious law, islamic republic of Iran today
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oligarchy
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rule by the few, results from dictatorship of monarchy
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anarchy + ex.
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no government at all, London 2011 early
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list the amount of Government control from least to greatest (7)
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anarchy
direct democracy representative democracy theocracy oligarchy monarchy dictatorship |
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who invented the pledge of allegiance
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Francis Bellamy
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