Economic Standards
Government/Civics Understandings
SS7CG4 The student will compare and contrast various forms of government.
a. Describe the ways government systems distribute power: unitary, confederation, and
federal.
b. Explain how governments determine citizen participation: autocratic, oligarchic, and
democratic.
c. Describe the two predominant forms of democratic governments: parliamentary and
presidential.
SS7CG5 The student will explain the structures of the national governments of Southwest
Asia (Middle East).
a. Compare the parliamentary democracy of the State of Israel, the monarchy of the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the theocracy of the Islamic Republic of Iran,
distinguishing the form of leadership and the role of the citizen in terms of voting rights
and personal freedoms.
SS7CG4 The student will compare and contrast various forms of government.
a. Describe the ways government systems distribute power: unitary, confederation, and
federal.
b. Explain how governments determine citizen participation: autocratic, oligarchic, and
democratic.
c. Describe the two predominant forms of democratic governments: parliamentary and
presidential.
SS7CG5 The student will explain the structures of the national governments of Southwest
Asia (Middle East).
a. Compare the parliamentary democracy of the State of Israel, the monarchy of the
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and the theocracy of the Islamic Republic of Iran,
distinguishing the form of leadership and the role of the citizen in terms of voting rights
and personal freedoms.