Federalism

1.) Federalism is the "mode of political organization that unites seperate states or other polities within an overarching political system in such a way as to allow each to maintain its own fundamental political integrity."
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2.) There are approximately 195 nation states in the world.
3.)Ten countries have a federal system of government. They are: America, Russia, Germany, France, India, Mexico, South Africa, Canada, Switzerland, Australia, and Brazil.
4.)Most countries that practice federalism are made up of previously seperate entities.
5.)Unitary means "a sovereign state governed by a single unity."
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6.)Twenty five countries have a unitary system of government. The five largest by population are: China, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Japan, and Philippines.
7.)The difference between a unitary and federal government is that in unitary is the central government has the power to make all of the decsions while federal delegates most of the power to local governments. One advantage of a unitary government is that there is a set form of policies to direct the nation, which makes law making easier. A disadvantavge of unitary is that they have to disregard local differences because they can't accomendate everyones preferences. A advantage of federal is that they give local governments more power. A disadvantage of federal government is that they do not have uniform rules throughout the nation. 
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I believe that this shows that the states want the federal funding but not the federal oversight.

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The federal government is to involved in the details of medical treatment. Cancer Patients wanted to use marijuana for medical purposes because it reduces the effects of chemo. The govenrment is shown here busting into a mans roon while he is undergoing treatment with anti maijuana jackets on.

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The federal government is made up of two political parties which are dicotimies of each other.

11.)The video used a three layer cake as an example of federalism. They describe how the local government deals with issues such as trash pick up, state govenment deals with issues such as education, and national government deals with issues such as space exploration.
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In this picture there are still three levels of government but two of them are intermixed and share duties. This is unlike the example in the video because it suggested that the three layers never intermixed.