1. How does government affect us?
What is government?
What is our definition?
Why do we need it?
How does government affect us?

2. What is the difference between “Government” and a “State?”

3. Population
Territory
Government
Sovereignty

4. Executives and Administrators
Legislators
Judges

5. What is the purpose of government?
To form a more perfect union
To establish justice
To insure domestic tranquility
To provide for the common defense
To promote the general welfare
To secure the blessings of liberty

6. Origins of the State Force Theory – one group took over
Evolutionary Theory – government developed out of families
Divine Right Theory – God gave rulers a divine right to rule
Social Contract Theory – people agree to protect themselves from themselves

7. Thomas Hobbes – “state of nature” theory
“Humans are evil by nature.”
Is this true?

8. “The right to swing my fist, ends where the other man’s nose begins”
-Oliver Wendell Holmes

9. Alternate Intelligence

10. WHAT GETS WETTER AND WETTER THE MORE IT DRIES?

11. A towel

12. YOU THROW AWAY THE OUTSIDE AND COOK THE INSIDE
YOU THROW AWAY THE OUTSIDE AND COOK THE INSIDE. THEN YOU EAT THE OUTSIDE AND THROW AWAY THE INSIDE. WHAT DID YOU EAT?

13. An ear of corn

14. WHAT GOES UP AND DOWN THE STAIRS WITHOUT MOVING?

15. The Hand Rail or Carpet

16. WHAT CAN YOU CATCH BUT NOT THROW?

17. A cold

18. I CAN RUN BUT NOT WALK. WHEREVER I GO, THOUGHT FOLLOWS CLOSE BEHIND
I CAN RUN BUT NOT WALK. WHEREVER I GO, THOUGHT FOLLOWS CLOSE BEHIND. WHAT AM I?

19. A nose

20. WHAT'S BLACK AND WHITE AND RED ALL OVER?

21. AN EMBARRASSED SKUNK A ZEBRA PAINTED RED. A SUNBURNED PENGUIN
AN EMBARRASSED SKUNK A ZEBRA PAINTED RED. A SUNBURNED PENGUIN. A NEWSPAPER.

22. WHAT GOES AROUND THE WORLD BUT STAYS IN A CORNER?

23. A stamp