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Student Activity A
Part 1
Question
How much power does the government
have?
Is there freedom of the press?
Are citizens rights guaranteed?
Are elections fair?
Does everyone have to follow the law?
How is order maintained?

Authoritarian
Cell 1
Cell 3
Cell 5
Cell 7
Cell 9
Cell 11

I

Democratic
Cell 2

A

C
B
E
H
J

Cell 4
Cell 6
Cell 8
Cell 10
Cell 12

G
D
F
K
L

Part II
How different you would be in an Authoritarian Government
Living in a country with an Authoritarian government can result to a horrible life. First,
everything in this form of government is totally controlled by the government and this would
deny citizen rights to act and be you. It makes us citizens feel controlled thus one would feel
insecure since any action you undertake may be subjected to scrutiny and if considered wrong
punishment would be the consequence. Therefore, living in an Authoritarian society will make
me as an individual to be totally different in the sense that I would not be able to express myself
as I would do in a democratic society.
Secondly, in an authoritarian society there is zero privacy since everything is being
monitored whether you know it or you don’t. Therefore, this system tends to brainwash citizens
which is generally disturbing since the government has absolute powers meaning they are able to
lie to citizens about everything to maintain power. Living in an authoritarian society would
brainwash me and make me completely different. If I am brainwashed to believe the government
controls every aspect of my life and that of others then there is the possibility that I will lose

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desire to work hard and build the nation unless am compelled to. No human being would like
living a miserable present life.
Part III
CHART A
Advantages

Authoritarian

Development of the nation
The authoritarian government has the ability to develop the nation anywhere at
any time due to absolute ownership of country’s resources and power.
For example, in excerpt #1 the Chinese government had power to move
people and prepare for summer Olympics games within a short period of time;
this would attract foreigners to spend time in the country which boosted the
economy in general.
Disadvantages

NO rights for citizens
An authoritarian government does not give any rights to the citizens and
therefore every activity is controlled by the government. Those who go against
the views of the government are likely to face stiff penalties including death.
For example, in excerpt #3 during Saddam Hussein regime, citizens were
only allowed to vote for an individual leader with a ‘yes’ or ‘NO’ .Those who
voted for the leader were safe and carried on with life as normal under the total
rule of the government. On the other hand, those who voted no faced execution
as punishment for going against the government. This is an extreme form
where authoritarian rule takes all rights from citizens.

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Democratic

Advantages
Citizens have Rights over government actions
In a democratic government, the citizens have rights and power to influence
and control actions of the government. This implies that any activity conducted
by the government is always subjected to scrutiny of the public.
For instance, in excerpt #2 the United States government was involved
in dealing with the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe. Even though it had put in
place measures to assist the public, there was a lot of criticism on how
unprepared the government was in dealing with the disaster thus compelling
the government to improve its disaster management efforts in future since the
citizens felt like their tax payer amounts were not effectively utilized in such a
situation. Citizens had rights to influence United States government activities.
Disadvantages
Possibility of being impeached
In a democratic government, there is a high probability of a leader to be
impeached especially where some parties are not happy with the kind of
leadership or even their rights and interests are not being protected as intended.
This leads to individuals working their way to eject the incumbent and place a
candidate that would serve their rights as desired.
For example, in excerpt #4 the Illinois State legislature moved ahead an
initiated proceeding s to impeach the governor for criminal conspiracy instead
of protecting the citizens as desired by the other leaders. Therefore, the state
was able to impeach the governor who lost the seat and was replaced by his

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successor whose activity aligned with what the citizens and the legislature had
envisioned. Impeachment results to lose of integrity, trust and job opportunity
to serve people.

Student Activity B
Part I
Circle the type of Government that Country A has:
Authoritarian
Authoritarian

Democratic

Part II

Events

Flood

Summary of
Government response to
the Event
The government acted

Effective of the Response

quickly to save the

I think the government response was(Circle one)

situation with leaders

Effective
NOT effective

promising relief aid to
Using the “think about’s” above, explain:
those affected on in
certain profiled regions
while neglecting the rest
of the country
Riot or Protests

Country A government and leaders only acted as
though they cared but they only cared for the
region they resided from. This created inequality
and poor use of tax payer money to aid one
region of the country. Until they could settle the
whole country, their actions were totally
ineffective.

The government used the
military to bring the

I think the government response was(Circle one)

situation under control

Effective

NOT
effective
NOT
effective

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and this resulted to
Using the “think about’s” above, explain:
injuries, imprisonments
and death of citizens

Elections

The riots/protests by citizens are a normal act and
a right enshrined in many countries constitution.
The use of military in dealing with protesters had
a sinister motive since the military are known to
use excessive force to when fighting the enemy.
In country A, the protesters were neither enemy
nor criminal to the country; they were citizens
fighting for their rights. Therefore, using the
military to deal with rioters thus cause massive
injuries, imprisonments and deaths of innocent
people was totally an ineffective act.

The leaders in the
opposition were

I think the government response was(Circle one)

imprisoned and restricted

Effective

NOT effective

from casting their votes on
the ballot during the

Using the “think about’s” above, explain:

election in country A.

The imprisonment of opposition leaders clearly
indicates how the ruling government is
authoritarian in nature since it was able to win the
election by 99.9% without being opposed. This
move was ineffective since it only reflects the
views of the government and not of the people
and opposition parties in general.

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Part III
Reporter Field Notes: Country B
Circle the type of Government that Country B has:
Authoritarian
Democratic

Part IV
Events

Flood

Summary of
Government response to
the Event
The government acted

Effective of the Response

slowly to save the

I think the government response was(Circle one)

situation with leaders

Effective

Not effective

promising relief aid to

Riot or Protests

those affected on in all

Using the “think about’s” above, explain:

regions.

Country B government and leaders only acted
like human beings who cared for all citizens. This
did not create inequality and it was not seen as
poor use of tax payer money since relief finally
reached every region in country B. Even though
the government’s efforts were slow, their efforts
were totally effective.

The government allowed
citizens to protest against
what they never liked in a

I think the government response was(Circle one)
Effective

NOT effective

peaceful demonstration
Using the “think about’s” above, explain:
where no injuries,
imprisonments and death
of citizens were reported.

The riots/protests by citizens are a normal act and
a right enshrined in many countries constitution.
The government in country B allowed citizens
their right to protest since they are in a
democratic society. The end result was that there

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were no injuries, no imprisonments and zero
deaths of innocent citizens in country B. This
indicates that country B is a democratic society.

Elections

The country allows all

I think the government response was(Circle one)

interested candidates with

Effective

Not effective

vision for the country to
run against the incumbent.

Using the “think about’s” above, explain:

These candidates are

Allowing every other candidate to participate in
electi...