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Discuss with your elbow partner.

All countries require governments to function.

Governments provide laws, structure, public services, and national defense.

Federal, Confederation, Unitary

Federal– Power is shared by a powerful central government and the state or local governments.

States or provinces are given considerable self rule, usually through their own legislatures.

Examples: › United States› Russia› Germany

State Governments

Power is Shared

Unitary – a system in which the power is held by one central authority

All power is given to one branch of government.

Examples:› France› United Kingdom (U.K.)› Sweden› Spain› Former Soviet Union

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Central has ALL power

State Governments

• Confederation - a system in which power is shared by an alliance or union of political organizations

• Independent states voluntarily work together for some common purpose and agree to certain limits on their freedom of action as a confederation.

• Examples:- European Union- Switzerland

State/Local governments have ALL the power

How Governments Share Power

CONFEDERATION FEDERAL UNITARY

ALL CONTROL AT LOCAL LEVEL

CENTRAL (NATIONAL) AND LOCAL SHARE POWER

ALL CONTROL AT CENTRAL (NATIONAL) LEVEL

• Let’s get in groups of three.• Number yourselves one, two, and three. Ones explain to the twos and threes how a

unitary government system distributes power.

Twos explain to the ones and threes how a confederation government system distributes power.

Threes explain to the ones and twos how a federal government system distributes power.

Your task: Create an award that will go with each

of the three ways that government systems distribute power

Write the award and also include a brief description of why the award was given.› For example: “Most Likely to Back Each

Other Up In A War” › Confederate System -- The member

countries have alliances with each other.

Government System Award & Reason

Federal

Confederation “Most Likely to Back Each Other Up In A War”

--Member countries form an alliance

Unitary