3º ESO Política, estado, democracia

UNIT 2. STATES OF THE WORLD

1.              What is a state?

2.              What are the elements of a state?

3.              A synonym for border. Think about it.

4.              Explain the function of boundaries.

5.              Why are there disputes between states over territorial boundaries today?

6.              What is the population of a state?

7.              What’s a nation?

8.              Is country or state synonymous to nation? Why? Reflect on it.

9.              What rights do the democratic states guarantee to their citizens?

10.           Why does equality exist in democratic states?

11.           A state is sovereign when it creates laws and enforces them. Explain the process.

12.           What institutions enforce the state’s laws?

13.           Why do states use the violence against its citizens?

14.           Teacher must explain the “monopoly of violence”.

15.           Look at the large map. Which is the largest state in the world?

16.           Look at the large map. How many land-locked countries are there in Europe? What are their names?

17.           Look at the large map. Why do you think being ‘land-locked’ is a problem for some countries?

18.           Look at the large map. What is the common characteristic between Malaysia and the USA?

19.           What are the functions of the state?

20.           How do the states establish international relationships?

21.           Why do the laws exist?

22.           What are the basic services of a state?

23.           How does the welfare state work?

24.           How is the money from taxis used?

25.           Where do the social states exist?

26.           Why cannot many countries provide basic services to the majority of its population?

27.           What does Social spending include?

28.           What two types of expenditures cause the state budget deficit?

29.           What does democracy mean?

30.           We live in a country with millions of citizens. Can every citizen participate directly in government decisions? What is the solution for democracy to work?

31.           What are the characteristics of democratic elections?

32.           Why are democratic elections participative?

33.           Why are democratic elections periodic?

34.           How must parties’ behavior be after democratic elections?

35.           Why is the separation of powers necessary?

36.           What is a constitution? How does it work?

37.           What institution defends a person’s rights against the government?

38.           How does a dictatorship work?

39.           Name the characteristics of dictatorships.

40.           How does a flawed democracy work?

41.           How does a monarchy work?

42.           Are all republics democracies?

43.           How does a theocracy work?

44.           Name five free Asian countries in 2010.

45.           Name the European partially free countries in 2010.

46.           Name six free African countries in 2010.

47.           What American country is not free?

48.           Why do the states sign treaties, pacts and agreements?

49.           What types of conflicts exist between states?

50.           How can they be resolved?

51.           What was the main objective of the UN in its birth?

52.           What are the three UN’s problems to reach its objectives?

53.           What are the UN principal objectives?

54.           What is the function of UN resolutions?

55.           What could happen if a country ignores a UN resolution?

56.           Explain the Security Council of UN.

57.           Explain the specialized agencies and programmes implemented by the UN.

58.           Who forms the UN General Assembly?

59.           What are the three administrative levels? Why do they exist?

60.           What is the main competence of the state for you? Why?

61.           Who elects the city council members in Spain? Think about it.

62.           Look at the map page 22. Write the five countries with the greatest military spending.

UNIT 3. POLITICAL ORGANIZATION

1.              How many countries are in Europe?

2.              What is the largest European country?

3.              What are the most populated European states?

4.              What European citizens are the richest?

5.              Name the Baltic countries.

6.              Name the Nordic or Scandinavian countries.

7.              Name the Alpine countries.

8.              Name the Caucasus states.

9.              How long was the Second World War?

10.            What superpowers were born from the WW II?

11.           What was the ESCS? When was it founded? Which countries formed it?

12.           What was the EEC? Which countries formed it?

13.           What international agreement was the beginning for the EEC?

14.           What countries formed the Europe of the Twelve? Think about it one minute.

15.           What is the European Union anthem?

16.           What is the CAP?

17.           How does free movement of goods, services, labour and capital work?

18.           Explain at length the Treaty of Maastricht.

19.           When was the euro cash used for the first time?

20.           What are the three criteria for a state to be able to join the UE?

21.           How is the EU annual budget used?

22.           What economic aspects receive the largest part of the EU budget?

23.           Look at the Document 11. What part of EU budget was used on agriculture?

24.           Look at the Document 11. What part of EU budget was used on cohesion?

25.           What is the EU Regional Policy?

26.           What are the objectives of EU Regional Policy? Name them.

27.           Which of them receive more money?

28.           Explain the convergence objective.

29.           Explain the regional competitiveness and employment objective.

30.           Explain the European territorial cooperation objective.

31.           What institutions manage the Regional Policy money?

32.           Look at the Document 12. What Spanish regions reach the criteria to receive funds of convergence? How is the Gross Domestic Product of these regions?

33.           What are the characteristics of Spanish state after the Constitution of 1978?

34.           Explain why Spain is a parliamentary monarchy.

35.           What are the administrative levels in Spain?

36.           What are the functions of Spanish Parliament?

37.           What chambers form the Spanish Parliament?

38.           How are the deputies elected?

39.           Who forms the Senate?

40.           Who forms the government of the nation?

41.           Who elects the president of government in Spain?

42.           What are the functions of Spanish government?

43.           What are the attributes of the Spanish judges and magistrates?

44.           What is the Supreme Court?

45.           What is the Constitutional Court?

46.           Look at the Document 14. What are the Spanish provinces with highest population density?

47.           Look at the Document 15. What are the twelve provinces with highest Gross Domestic Product?

48.           Look at the Document 15. What are the seven provinces with lowest Gross Domestic Product?

49.           Page 37. In what year was the German state founded?

50.           Page 37. What great river was on the Western border of Germany?

51.           Page 37. What great river was the Eastern boundary of Germany?

52.           Page 37. In 1918, Germany lost World War I. It was partitioned and Eastern Prussia was separated from the main part of Germany by a river valley. What river is it?

53.           Page 37. What resurrected country crossed this river?

54.           Page 37. Germany expanded in the Nazi era (1933-1945). The country recuperated old borders and swallowed half of a country. What country? What two other states were occupied by Germany?

55.           Page 37. In 1949, Germany had lost World War II. What river was, at that time, the Eastern German border? What two countries appeared again?

56.           Page 37. What two German countries were born in those years?

57.           Page 37. What happened in 1990 in Germany?

58.           Page 37. What two countries were created from Czechoslovakia?

59.           Page 37. Today, does Germany have the same boundaries as the original state?

60.           When did Spain join the EU?

61.           When was the European Cohesion Fund created?

62.           Do you think these two events affected Spain’s progress? Why?