1. Basic Introduction to key terms
What is Government?
Basic Introduction to key terms

2. Warm Up Prompt
English philosopher, Thomas Hobbes, stated the quote below in regards to the necessity of government: “Without government there would be continuous fear and dangers of violent death and life (would be) solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.” **Write a short explanation of what Hobbes meant by this quote. What is your explanation of it? Do you agree with it? Give examples to support your ideas. Answers must be between 5-6 sentences.

3. Color-Coded Lectures Any red text = vocab from your vocab handout
Any purple text = things you SHOULD write down
Any green text = questions to answer during class

4. Boring, but necessary definitions…
Government
Institution that society makes and enforces public policies.
Public Policies
Anything the government decides to do
Legislative Power  make law and frame policies
Executive Power execute and enforce law
Judicial Power interpret laws, settle disputes

5. Continued… Constitution Democracy
Body of laws setting out principles, structure, and process of government.
Democracy
When RESPONDSIBILITY for these powers rests with the majority of the people.

6. Leave space under each to define on next slides
The State
Body of people living in defined territory
Can make and enforce law without consent from higher authority
4 Characteristics of a state:
Population
Territory
Sovereignty
Government
Leave space under each to define on next slides

7. Population People that make up the state.
Size of populations has nothing to do with existence of state.
Smallest= Nauru little over 9,000
Largest= China over 1.3 billion

8. Territory Land with known and recognized boundaries
Vary in size just as population does.

9. Sovereignty
Having supreme and absolute control within its own territory.
Can decide own foreign and domestic policies.
Would the states within the United States fall under this category? Why or Why not?

10. Major Political Ideas Chart
The Force Theory
Evolutionary Theory
Divine Right Theory
Social Contract Theory
State was born of force.
One person/small group claimed control and forced people to submit
Once rule established all basic principles present.
Developed naturally out of the early family.
One person from original family head as head of gov evolve into related clans evolve into tribe evolve into the state
God created the state and gave those of “royal birth” the “divine right” to rule.
Obey ruler as though the ruler was God, mortal sin to oppose.
People within a given area agree to form a state.
Agree on a contract in which they give up power to the state in order to promote safety.
Voluntarily give up powers to the state.

11. Purpose of Government: Preamble
Form a More Perfect Union
Establish Justice
Insure Domestic Tranquility
Provide for the Common Defense
Link the states more closely together to prevent rivalries
Law must be reasonable, fair, and impartial
Keeping order and peace at home to prevent anarchy.
Defending the nation against foreign enemies
Promote the General Welfare
Secure the Blessings of Liberty
Services that benefit all or most people within US
Liberty cannot be absolute-relative in order to protect freedom.

12. Forms of Government Democracy Dictatorship Autocracy Oligarchy
Here are the 9 forms of Government.
In groups of 3, you will create a poster on each form to present to the class.
Use your text books to find:
Definition
Who has the power?
Examples
Pictures (if time)
Democracy
Dictatorship
Autocracy
Oligarchy
Unitary Gov.
Federal Gov.
Confederate Gov.
Presidential Gov.
Parliamentary Gov.

13. Exit Slip
On the same page as your warm up, answer the following prompt:
3 THINGS I LEARNED TODAY:
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1 THING I AM STILL CONFUSED ABOUT: