Friday, March 11, 2011

Ch 22 Foreign Governments

1.  Pick two countries in Chapter 22 and provide an in depth paragraph on their government and how it operates.
Great Britain has somewhat of an unwritten constitution. Britain use to run as a monarchy governement, but now the queen has restrictions on what she can do. They also have a prime minister who is in control of the House of Commons. There government is divided into regional and local governments. The national government of China is composed of the National People's Congress and the State Concil. The judicial system deals with crimal and civil cases. Taiwan has broken away from Chinas government.

2. What are some of the similarities of the countries that are in Chapter 22?
They both have local governments. They are both becoming more democratic.

3. What are some of the differences of the countries that are in Chapter 22?
Britain has parts of a constitution written in books and China has a constitution. China has a communist party.

4. Which country in Chapter 22 do you believe has the strongest government and why?
China because they have a CCP which is made up of 58 million members and is the largest political party of the world.

5. In what ways does the U.S. government relate to the methods of governments listed in Chapter 22?
They talk about how the US was involved with the countries developments.

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