Tuesday 9/24 TOPIC 2.1 Parliamentary, Presidential, and Semi-Presidential Systems

ENDURING UNDERSTANDING:

The structure and function of political institutions reflect the allocation of power within a political system.

LEARNING OBJECTIVE:

Describe parliamentary, presidential, and semi-presidential systems.

ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE: 

Parliamentary systems, such as the United Kingdom, combine the lawmaking and executive functions, which allows the national legislature to select and remove the head of government and cabinet.

Presidential systems, such as Mexico and Nigeria, feature a cabinet that is mostly responsible to the elected executive, with a legislature that can only remove cabinet members through impeachment. These systems have separate fixed-term, popular elections for the national legislature, and a top executive leader serving as both head of state and head of government.

Semi-presidential systems, such as Russia, feature separate popular elections for the president and for the national legislature, allowing the president to nominate a prime minister (who must be approved by the legislature); members of the cabinet are held accountable by both the president and legislature.


Test Review: 

Next Class we will be taking the Vocabulary portion of the Test. The link below will be a great study guide for the test.

http://www.studystack.com/flashcard-237060

Activity # 1: 

As we get closer to our first unit test, next week you will need to know these vocabulary terms
- Unit 1 Vocab Terms - You need to put these terms into your notebook and define these terms. Make sure this is done!!!