Mr. Burger's 7th Grade Social Studies
Name_____________________Date______________________Period____________________Africa Government/Economics Study GuideComplete the study guide on a separate sheet of paper in complete sentences.Correctly identify the government system with its distribution of power.Presidential DemocracyUnitaryParliamentary DemocracyDictatorship/TotalitarianismAbsolute MonarchyConfederationConstitutional MonarchyTheocracyRepublicFederalCorrectly identify the government system with its citizen participation.Presidential DemocracyAutocracyParliamentary DemocracyDictatorship/TotalitarianismAbsolute MonarchyOligarchyConstitutional MonarchyTheocracyRepublicDemocracyDefine “unitary” distribution of power.Define “confederation” distribution of power.Define “autocracy” citizen participation.Define “oligarchy” citizen participation.Describe how the president is chosen in a presidential democracy.What is the name of the leader in a Parliamentary Democracy?Why do voters have more power in a democracy than any other form of citizen participation?Define “theocracy” government system.Describe South Africa’s government system and legislature.Describe the form of leadership, voting rights, and personal freedoms in the Republic of South Africa.Describe the form of leadership, voting rights, and personal freedoms in the Republic of Kenya.What are the voting ages in South Africa and Kenya?Why is the literacy rate low and unequal amongst the genders in Africa?List some of the problems with education in Kenya.List some of the problems with education in Sudan.Describe the economic, social, and political conflicts between Sudan and South Sudan.In what year did South Sudan gain their independence?Describe how political conflicts might lead to famine in a country.Describe the rate of HIV/AIDS infection in Sub-Saharan Africa.Why does HIV/AIDS continue to spread in Africa and do most government’s use their resources to help decrease HIV/AIDS infections?Why can’t many Africans take medication to slow down progress of HIV/AIDS?Explain how the government stability in Africa has an impact on resources to provide aid to famine and AIDS throughout Africa.Define “command economy.”Define “traditional economy.”Define “embargo” and provide historic examples in Africa.Define “specialization” and provide an example.List the different types of trade barriers.Where does South Africa’s economy fall on the economic continuum?What are South Africa’s main exports?Where does Nigeria’s economy fall on the economic continuum?Explain how the distribution of oil, gold, diamonds, and uranium has an effect on the continent of Africa. Describe where each resource is found, describing how governments use the money gained from those resources in their country.How does Africa spend most of the money they get from diamond sales?Describe how human capital has an impact on a country’s GDP.Economic StyleWhat to Produce?How to Produce?For Whom to Produce?TraditionalCommandMarket ................
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