Even though Canada and the US are in North America they have some significant differences and similarities in land forms and water forms. One of the main differences in land is the size of the land. Canada’s land is the second largest land in the world. Even though the US doesn’t have the largest land area it has some pretty key features to it like where Canada has the St. Lawrence River the U.S. has the Mississippi. The U.S. also has the Gulf of Mexico which the US uses to trade and travel to the islands of the Philippines and Bahamas.
Although the Ottoman and the Spanish had many similarities, they also had many differences. The religions in the empires were one of the biggest differences between them because the Ottoman practiced Islam, but the Spanish practiced Christianity. Another major difference was that the Ottoman focused on land based trade, while the Spanish focused on sea based trade. The Ottoman and the Spanish empires both had a similar slave system, but they were different in the aspects of religion and type of trade. A major similarity between the Ottoman Empire and the Spanish Empire is that they both had some type of slave system.
Comparative Essay of Canada and Mexico Name: Jia Park Class: AE 1 Teachers: Alex and Geoff The date: November 28, 2014 Canada, which is in northern North America, and Mexico, which is in Middle America, are main countries besides the United States of America and are bordered by several oceans. There are both similarities and differences in their geography, culture, language, food and liqueur. First of all, there are some similarities and differences in their geography. Canada, whose capital city is Ottawa, and Mexico, whose capital city is Mexico City, are situated in North America. Also, they border the North Pacific Ocean to the west.
- Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, and the United Kingdom were original members. 2. The Warsaw Pact a) Soviet led alliance of Eastern European nations. 3. The Berlin Wall a) After the war, in occupied Germany, Berlin was split in two separate country, a democratic West Germany and a communist East Germany.
The President is elected by a voting process similar to those in Presidential systems. In order to become President in Russia, a candidate must receive 50% of votes or more. If this does not occur then the top two receivers of votes will have another election and the consequent winner becomes the President elect. In this type of system, the President acts as the head of state and with the approval of the Parliament he/she decides who should become the Prime Minister. The legislative power is instilled in the Federal Assembly,
These countries with old democracies are usually known as Western-style liberal democracies. Liberal democracy can be defined as a political system ‘[m]arked not only by free and fair elections but also by the rule of law, a separation of powers, and the protection of basic liberties of speech, assembly, religion, and property.’ (Zakaria, 2007: 17) In other words, describing a liberal democracy we can say that ‘democracy is not only about deciding who governs but also about how a country is governed.’ (Lynch, 1997:50) Illiberal democracies are usually referred to the countries which after 1990 made a transition to from authoritarian to democratic regimes by establishing multiparty system and elections. This is partly because these countries have established free and usually fair elections which let them be called democracies, however, considering the consolidation of democracy in these countries, it is evident to state that most of them failed to protect citizens of basic rights and freedoms and it mismatches with word’s liberal meaning. To sum up, it can be said that liberal democracies require not only free and fair elections, but also, strong institutions, a separation of powers, protection of human rights and freedoms. However, countries can be not only liberal democratic or illiberal.
In the following will be many differences these cultures have in everyday life, and the things that they have in common. First of all some general things about Germany and the United States. Germany is a country in Europe and the United States is in North-America. Germany is 28 times smaller than the United States. The first points which will be discussed are the differences between Germany and the United States.
Democracy is “a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system” (Dictionary.com, 2013). While the United States exercises under this form of government, its citizens hold the power to determine that in which they find fit for them and this country. For this reason, democracy, to a certain extent, gives the “supreme power” to its citizens. Furthermore, the U.S. Constitution has brought forth structure to the U.S. government and has helped maintain freedom and equality in our society. Through the checks and balances system, the United States has thus far kept democracy intact.
There are many factors that helped to bring the unification of a people as well as factors that tend to divide a people. An example of unification of a people would be the unification of Germany. Before Germany was united, it was separated into many states. At the end of the Napoleonic wars, the Congress of Vienna created a German confederation of 39 states known today as Germany. This helped many of the separated states come together.
equally important is the election of the president at the time of the assembly election. The head of the government is head of state: Whereas in pre-parliamentary monarchies the head of state was also the head of the government, in the presidential system it is the head of the government who becomes at the same time head of state. The president appoints heads of departments who are his subordinates: In parliamentarism the prime minister appoints his colleagues who together with him form the government. In presidential systems the president appoints secretaries, who are heads of his executive departments. The