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PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT
WHY STUDY GOVERNMENT? HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=LRK4OY7UXPQ&LIST=PL8DPUUALJXTOFSE2NCVFFEELTRQVHRZ8H
TYPES OF POWERPUBLIC POLICYGOVERNMENT
WHAT IS GOVERNMENT?
PopulationTerritorySovereigntyGovernment
THE STATE
PURPOSE OF GOVERNMENT• Form a More Perfect Union• Establish Justice• Insure Domestic Tranquility• Provide for the Common
Defense• Promote the General
Welfare• Secure the Blessings of
Liberty
• Who Can Participate
• Geography
• Legislative v. Executive
CLASSIFYING GOVERNMENTS
• Democracy• Supreme power rests with the people• Consent of the governed• Direct vs. Indirect
• Dictatorship• Those who rule are not responsible to the will of the people• Autocracy (dictator, monarch)• Oligarchy
TYPES OF GOVERNMENT
GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION OF POWER
PRESIDENTIAL VS. PARLIAMENTARY
Worth of the Individual
Equality of All Persons
Majority Rule, Minority Rights
Necessity of Compromise
Individual Freedom
Citizenship
BASIC CONCEPTS OF DEMOCRACY
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/gallery/240108_citizenship_quiz/
CAN YOU PASS A CITIZENSHIP TEST?
Chief products of the state include• Agricultural (farm) products• Mining products• Manufactured goods
ECONOMY