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Democracy
Major Idea or Feature
A govt. of the people by the people and for the people 4 building blocks
Constitution Free elections Majority rule minority rights Citizen participation
Examples
Ancient Greece (Athens)
Direct democracy
Great Britain
Parliamentary democracy
France USA
Indirect democracy Republic Representative democracy
Feudalism
Major Idea or Feature
Land = power De-centralized gov’t
(weak monarch; strong nobles)
Manor was isolated & self sufficient Rigid class system
King Lord (protection) Knight Serf / peasant > (grow food) Church was the one unifying force …all powerful
Examples
Middle Ages in Western Europe
(500 -1500 AD) Begins with Fall of Rome Breaks down after the Crusades
Feudal Japan
Ends with USA’s Perry’s arrival (1853) Meiji Era begins (1867)
Divine Right Major Idea or Feature
1500-1700’s Europe Belief that the power to rule came from God/Heaven French philosopher, Bousset’s idea In China it was called the Mandate of Heaven
Examples
Louis XIV of France
“The Sun King” Peter the Great of Russia
(Build St. Petersburg… “Window to the West”)
Absolutism
Major Idea or Feature Justified by the Divine Right of Kings Theory
Absolute power over the public and private lives of the people Centralized Gov’t Mercantilism…wealth through trade…pay for army/navy Wars to expand and unite nation Persecute dissidents/dissenters
Examples
Louis XIV Peter the Great
LIMITED MONARCHY
MAJOR IDEAS:
Monarch’s power is limited by the law (the people) CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCH EXAMPLES:
Great Britain
Magna Carta 1215 English Civil War (1640’s) (Puritan Rev.) Commonwealth Period(1660) Glorious Rev. (1688) English Bill of Rights (1689)
Fascism
Major Idea or Feature
State is #1!
Strict obedience to authority
Violence is acceptable
Use of terror and censorship
Blind loyalty to leader
State control of economy, but not state ownership of business
Special uniforms, salutes, mass meetings
Examples
Italy under Benito Mussolini
(1921-1945 )
Germany under Nazis Adolph Hitler
(1933-1945)
Spain under Francisco Franco
(1930’s – 1970’s)
Totalitarianism
DENOTES A TYPE OF TOTALITARIAN GOVERNMENT SYSTEM OTHER NAMES: DICTATORSHIP; AUTHORITARIAN; AUTOCRACY
Examples Theocracy (Religion =Gov’t) Iran (1979) Afghanistan(Taliban) Sudan (1980)
Total power in the hands of one or a few No guarantee of civil liberties Strict obedience to authority Violence is acceptable Use of terror and censorship State is all important
Feudalism Absolutism Fascism Communism (as practiced)
USSR under Joseph Stalin