today in human geography class some people were not here because they were sick or had to practice for the play. also today everyone is sharing their google slides on one of 13 countries from a project we did a long time ago. Reece and I are doing our project on syria we have it all done we just have to present the project. we incorporated some funny stuff into the slides because we wanted it to not be boring

notes

Russia
 5 federal services
 30 government agencies
 1n 1991 the U.S.S.R broke up and the new government formed
 federal republic
 vladimir putin took office on may 7, 2012
 current leader is vladimir putin
 dmitry medev is prime minister
 he was president in 2008- 2012
 the government ensures implementation of a uniform state policy in the areas of culture, science, health, and ecology.
 to get rid of a leader you can overthrow them, protest, impeach, start a revolution, or assassinate him
Japan
 Japan has been around since 660 bc
 has a parliamentary government with emperor Akihto
 akihto has acceded to the throne in 1989
 they have a prime minister named shinzo abe
 the prime minister calls all the shots
 the emperor has less power than the prime minister
 only emperor
 shinzo is the president of the liberal democratic party
 elected in december 2012
 all men and women at the age of 20 have the right to vote
 if the public dosnt like the prime minister then he can be thrown out