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Regents Review

Regents Review. Forms of Government. Democracy. Rule by the people Officials are elected by voters Basic rights (civil liberties)- freedom of speech, press, fair trial, freedom from imprisonment without proper cause. Example.

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Regents Review

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  1. Regents Review Forms of Government

  2. Democracy • Rule by the people • Officials are elected by voters • Basic rights (civil liberties)- freedom of speech, press, fair trial, freedom from imprisonment without proper cause.

  3. Example • Athens- citizens could directly participate in the government. By voting on issues in the city state. • However, only a small number were citizens (women, foreigners, slaves- not citizens). • Established pattern for later democracies.

  4. Feudalism • Decentralized government (weak central government)- spread out. • Wealth determined by land ownership. • Strict class structure.

  5. Example • Europe during Middle Ages • Lived on manor. Lord, vassals, knights, serfs. • Catholic Church very powerful. • Honor code- Chivalry. • Japan- 1100’s- Shogun, daimyo, samurai, farmers, merchants and artisans. • Code of Bushido • Strict class structure.

  6. Divine Right • Are also absolute monarchs • Derive their authority directly from god. • Compared to Mandate of Heaven (China).

  7. Example • Louis XIV “The Sun King” • Built Versailles • Patronized the arts • Engaged in constant warfare

  8. Absolutism • One ruler with complete power • Inherited position • Writers/ philosophers- Machiavelli and Hobbes said human nature is bad and need a strong ruler to maintain order.

  9. Example • Henry VIII (England)- broke away from the Catholic Church. • Peter and Catherine The Great (Russia)- sought to expand and westernize.

  10. Totalitarianism • 20th century system similar to absolutism. • Ruler seizes power • Government controls all aspects of your life- education, art, literature.

  11. Example • Stalin (USSR)- glorification, purges, 5 Year plan. • Hitler (Germany)- Nuremberg Laws, Holocaust (genocide). • Mussolini (Italy)- censorship • Mao (China)- Cultural Revolution

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