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SSCG1Comparing Systems of Government

Compare and contrast various systems of government.

Appears in: Social Studies, High School

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Expectations

  • SSCG1.a

    Determine how governments differ in geographic distribution of power, particularly unitary, confederal, and federal types of government.

  • SSCG1.b

    Determine how some forms of government differ in their level of citizen participation particularly authoritarian (autocracy and oligarchy) and democratic.

  • SSCG1.c

    Determine how the role of the executive differs in presidential and parliamentary systems of governments.

  • SSCG1.d

    Differentiate between a direct democracy, representative democracy, and/or a republic.

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Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.