1. ORIGINS OF GOVERNMENT

2. WHAT IS GOVERNMENT? HOW A SOCIETY MAKES AND ENFORCES LAWS

3. MOST DOMINATING POLITICAL UNIT = THE STATE 4 CHARACTERISTICS: 1.POPULATION 2.TERRITORY 3.SOVEREIGN – ABSOLUTE CONTROL 4.GOVERNMENT – ANY TYPE Anarchy = No Government

4. PARLIAMENTARY – EXECUTIVE ELECTED FROM THE LEGISLATURE – (most widely used in the World)

5. FEDERAL GOV – NATIONAL AND STATE (LOCAL) GOVERNMENTS WORK TOGETHER

6. DICTATORSHIP – ONE PERSON OR GROUP HAS ALL CONTROL (TOTALITARIANISM)

7. DEMOCRACY 1) DIRECT DEMOCRACY 2) REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY 1 2

8. BASIC CONCEPTS OF DEMOCRACY 1.FUNDAMENTAL WORTH OF INDIVIDUAL 2.EQUALITY OF ALL PERSONS 3.MAJORITY RULE, MINORITY RIGHTS 4.COMPROMISE 5.INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM

9. PURPOSES OF GOVERNMENT – THE PREAMBLE 1. FORM A MORE PERFECT UNION 2. TO ESTABLISH JUSTICE 3. ENSURE DOMESTIC TRANQUILITY 4. PROVIDE FOR THE COMMON DEFENSE 5. PROMOTE GENERAL WELFARE 6. SECURE THE BLESSINGS OF LIBERTY TO OURSELVES AND OUR POSTERITY