An Introduction to Government
Note Guide
What is government?
· Signs of government are found everywhere.
· ______________________ is defined as an ______________________ with the power to make and __________________ rules of a group of people.
HOW IS EACH PICTURE BELOW A REFLECTION OF GOVERNMENT?
What is an institution?
· An institution is a significant relationship, practice or _________________ in a society or culture.
o What other institutions establish rules?
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What is government? … continued
· The government has ______________________ over its ________________.
1. Sovereignty –
2. Citizen –
· Governments of sovereign countries establish rules for their citizens by making _____________.
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What are the jobs of government?
1. Maintaining ______________
2. ________________ Services
3. Resolving _______________
4. __________________ Values
Maintaining Order
Governments maintain order by:
1. ___________________ laws that protect the ______________ and ___________ of people and ___________________.
2. Protecting people from ______________ or harmful _______________ practices.
3. Protecting the country from _______________ _________________.
4. Protecting and promoting ________________________.
Providing Services
What services does our government provide?
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Resolving Conflict
· Government helps resolve conflict by bringing people together to reach common goals through compromise.
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Promoting Values
· What values does our government try to promote by the laws rules that they pass?
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Public Good
· All of these __________ of government share a fundamental _______________ : to serve the __________________ _________________.
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Types of Government
· Governments are different in ____________ major ways:
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1. Where their power to ____________ comes from
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2. How the __________________ is distributed among levels
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Where Their Power to Rule Comes From
Monarchy
· A monarch draws its power from being ______________ into the ruling family.
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· Monarch is just a BIG word for _____________ or _______________.
· A monarchy is one of the __________________ forms of government, but the early part of the ___________ most countries were ruled by monarchs. Today, around ____________ countries have monarchs.
· Besides a king or queen, today’s monarchs go by many names including _______________, ________________, and________________.
· Many countries have ____________________ ___________________ - the king/queen is primarily the _______________________ head of the state.
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Republic
· In a ___________________ the government gets its power from the __________________.
o The terms ___________________ & ___________________ can be used interchangeably.
Dictatorship
· In a dictatorship power is achieved and ___________________ through ___________________.
· _______________ is concentrated in the hands of a ____________ _____________ or a _______________ _________________.
· Dictatorships are ________________________ because rulers answer only to _______________________ not the ___________________.
· Sometimes dictatorships are so extreme that they become _______________.
o Totalitarian rulers have ________________ control over all aspects of citizen’s lives.
· Types of Dictatorships:
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Distribution of Power among Levels
3 Levels of Government
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1. Unitary System
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2. Federal System
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3. Confederal System
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Foundations of Democracy
Types of Democracy
· Democracy came from ancient _______________, _________________.
· There are ____________ types of ___________________:
1. Direct Democracy – a system in which laws may be made _____________ by all _________________.
2. ___________________ Democracy – a type of democracy where people elect officials to ____________________ them in government.
What makes a democracy endure?
· During the __________ democracy has been the one form of government that has not seen a _________________.
Benefits of Democracy
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