GOVERNMENT – CHAPTER 1 TYPES OF GOVERNMENT & ECONOMIC SYSTEMS.

GOVERNMENT – CHAPTER 1TYPES OF GOVERNMENT & ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

Afghanistan • Went through a period,

after the United States removed Al Qaida from power, where they did not have a government.

• This is called?

Cuba• Fidel Castro had total

control of the economy and is supposed to supply his people with all social programs. (He has recently been succeeded by his brother Raul Castro.)

• This is called?

China• This country limits who

can come and go, puts restrictions on daily life, and runs under one party system.

• This is called?

France• The French overthrew

their monarch to become a democracy.

• This is called?

Sudan• Omar Al-Bashir took

power and is in complete control of Sudan.

• This is called?

Iran• The government of Iran

bases its laws and rules around the religion of Islam.

• This is called?

Israel• The current Prime

Minister of Israel is Benjamin Netanyahu.

• This is called?

India• The government in India

was elected by the people.

• This is called?

Jordan• Jordan has one of the last

true kingdoms with a powerful king, King Abdullah II.

• This is called?

United States• Representatives make

decisions for us in the government.

• This is called?

Norway• They have a government that owns the means of

production, but allows its citizens some economics choices.

• This is called?

North Korea• Leader Kim Jong-il was

chosen by the people of the People’s Republic of North Korea. Probably because he was the only choice.

• (His son, Kim Jong-un, is now his predecessor following his death.)

• This is called?

Pakistan• The president of this

country is aided by an elite group of leaders.

• This is called?

Russia• Russia’s new government

allows people to own their own businesses and property.

• This is called?