| A | B |
|---|
| USA | limits the power of government |
| China | gives growing power to the central government |
| India | very detailed document; amendments necessary to deal with omissions |
| Canada | Quebec Separatist movement |
| Great Britain | no formal constitutional document |
| separation of powers | executive, legislative, judicial |
| republican government | representative government |
| China | collectivization |
| checks and balances | United States |
| China | checks and balances provided by the party |
| US federal system | local, state, national |
| unitary system | Great Britain |
| Great Britain | city/county system |
| Canada | provincial system |
| popular sovereignty | provided for all governments except China |
| China | no direct election of officers at upper levels |
| United States | democratic republic |
| China | unitary, multinational state |
| China | Peoples Demiocratic Republic |
| China | dictatorship |
| India | democratic federal republic |
| Great Britain | constitutional monarchy |
| Canada | federation of parliamentary government |
| 1787 | USA |
| 1954 | China |
| 1947 | India |
| 10th century | Great Britain |
| 1931 | Canada |
| US Bill of Rights | amendments 1-10 |
| Chinese Bill of Rights | imbedded randomly in constitution |
| Indian Bill of Rights | Fundamental Rights |
| British Bill of Rights | English Bill of Rights of 1689 |
| Canadian Bill of Rights | Charter of Rights and Freedoms |
| wrote US | Constitutional Convention |
| wrote Chinese | Communist Party |
| wrote Indian | Constituent Assembly |
| wrote Canadian | Canadian Parliament |
