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Government and Politics – Cornell Notes – Connect to Different Forms of Government

Objective: Define government & politics and analyze how power can be distributed in a society.

Connect to different forms of government:

Questions go here after you take notes / Notes go here
Ask a question.
Make a picture /  Autocracy: government in which one person possesses ______
 Auto: ______
 -Cracy: form of ______
Ask a question.
Make a picture. /
  • Democracy: government in which power rests with ______
  • Dem: ______
  • -Cracy: form of ______
Think of examples of democratic or autocratic actions from daily life.
Is it autocratic (A) or democratic (D)? / For the following, write whether it is an autocratic action or democratic action
1. A teacher decides there will be a test on Friday.
2. A group of friends decide what movie to go by discussing three possible movies and voting on which one they want to see.
3. A manager of a fast-food restaurant gives workers a one dollar per hour raise.
4. A mother listens to daughter complain about not being allowed to stay out past 7:00 pm and decides to let her daughter stay out one hour later.
5. A mother, father and their three children all choose to go to the beach for a vacation, even though one child wanted to go camping in the mountains.
What type is it?______/ 6. The mayor elected by the citizens of the town decided to build a new City Hall.
What type is it?______/ 7. The citizens voted in favor of a city tax measure that would increase funding for libraries.

Cornell Notes:

Questions go here after you take notes / Notes go here
What is government?
Draw a picture. /  Government: Set of ______people set up to function together as a unified society
What is State?
Draw a picture. /  State: a nation or territory organized as a______under one government
What are the purposes of government?
Draw a picture. /  Purposes of Government:
 Maintaining ______
 protecting ______
 providing public goods (product or service available to all people)
What would life be like without government?
What is politics?
Draw a picture. /  Politics: The process of ______for groups and/or governments
What is political activity?
Draw a picture. /  People who participate in this process engage in political activity (range from looking at a political cartoon to running for public office)
What is monarchy?
Can you think of an example of monarchy?
Draw a picture of monarchy. / Monarchy
Ruled by a ______
Rule is ______
Some rulers claimed divine right ______
Examples:
What is aristocracy?
Draw a picture. / Aristocracy
State ruled by ______
Rule is hereditary and based on family ties, social rank, and wealth
Social status and wealth support rulers’ authority
What is oligarchy?
Draw a picture. / Oligarchy
State ruled by a small ______
Rule based on wealth and ABILITY
Ruling group controls the ______
What is Direct Democracy?
Draw a picture. / Direct Democracy
State ruled by its ______
Rule is based on ______
Majority rule decides vote
Means “rule of the people”
From Greek words demos (people) and kratos (power)
Example: Ancient ______
What is Representative Democracy?
Draw a picture. / Representative Democracy
We elect politicians ______
Example: United States United Kingdom, Canada, Mexico