Quiz Review World Gov

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What is Government?​

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• A system made up of group of people

• Make rules (laws) to keep the community safe and functioning

• Provides a system to decide who makes decisions

• The focus of democracy is the power is with the people.

• People vote for Representatives that will speak for their town/state

• The United States is an example of a democracy as well as many others

• Control of government is in the hands of a Monarch (King, Queen)

• Usually they are in charge for life and their children become the new Monarch

• An example of a Monarchy is England (UK), Australia, Japan, Canada

• In Socialism, government controls the means of production.

• This means, government is in control of businesses and property

• An example of Socialism is Venezuela, Armenia, Bolivia

• One ruler who has absolute power (there are no rules that person must follow)

• They can make any decision they would like

• An example of this type of Government has been the Nazi Party in Germany which fell after WW2 ended in 1945

​In countries where any religious institution holds power over the people.

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Several Islamic nations fall into this category:

• ​Iran

• ​Sudan

• ​Saudi Arabia​

• ​Vatican City

The United Nations emerged from the United Nations Conference on International Organization, which took place in San Francisco from April to June 1945, near the end of World War II. The conference produced the UN charter, the organization’s founding document, which was signed on June 26.

From fifty-one original members in 1945, the UN’s membership grew to 193 by 2011, where it remains. The growth stems primarily from the independence of new countries through decolonization and other means.

Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish are the official languages of the United Nations. Generally, documents produced by the organization are translated into all six. Some UN departments and agencies use a shorter list of working languages for day-to-day operations.

Within the UN system, the main responsibility for maintaining peace and resolving disputes falls to the Security Council. This body, made up of five permanent members and ten rotating members, is the only UN organ with the power to make decisions that member states must follow, according to the UN Charter.

• North Atlantic Treaty Organization (April 4, 1949)

• United States, Canada, and 10 European nations pledged military support to one another if any member was attacked.

• First U.S. peacetime alliance

• 29 members today

• Soviet Union forms Warsaw Pact in response