1. CHAPTER 1: 1-2 Principles & Formation of Government

2. Government Institution in which we make and enforce public policies.
Has 3 powers:
Legislative – make laws
Executive – enforce laws
Judicial – interpret laws

3. Vocabulary State Nation Territory Government Sovereign People
Example: Canada
Nation
Group of people
Common bond – race, language, religion
Example: Cherokee Nation

4. Vocabulary Nation-state Stateless-nation
The group of people that are united live in their own sovereign state.
Example: Japan
Stateless-nation
The group of people that are united do not have a country to call their own.
Example: Palestine

5. Theories on how governments came about…
Evolutionary:
Evolved from the heads of families
Examples – elders, tribal chiefs, etc.
Force:
Leaders took control by force
Examples – dictatorships, Cuba/Castro
Divine Right:
God/The Gods choose the leaders or they are descendants of the Gods.
Examples – Monarchs (Pharoahs, Kings, Tsars, etc.)

6. Theories on how governments came about…
Social Contract:
Thomas Hobbes & John Locke
The people surrendered some of their own power/rights in exchange for the protection/laws of the government.
Examples – democracies,United States

7. Purposes of Government
Maintain Social Order

8. Purposes of Government
Providing Public services

9. Purposes of Government
Providing national security

10. Purposes of Government
Make economic decisions