NOTES
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YOUR NOTES SHOULD…
Tell you the main idea of text
Give you an idea of chronology if that is important to the topic
ALWAYS include the date and section of reading
Be organized (outline)- can use roman numerals or not.
Not include abbreviations unless you are POSITIVE you will
remember them
Make sense to you.
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When you are done, review your notes to make sure that you
understand them
Sketch any important timelines, charts, etc. that you think are
important to understanding the information
Pay attention to repeated ideas and words
CHAPTER ONE, LESSON FOUR
F O R M S O F G OV E R N M E N T
Functions of government
• Keep order
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Pass and enforce laws to deter crime and prevent conflicts.
Establish courts. Help resolve issues between citizens.
Know what
the words
mean!
• Provide security
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Establish armed forces
Protect citizens from foreign attacks
• Provide services
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Libraries, schools, hospitals, parks
Protect public safety, health, and welfare. Ex. Police and fire, safety of
products, mandate vaccines, aid to the poor and disabled.
• Guide the community
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Use financial resources to make public policy, manage the economy, and
conduct foreign affairs.
Levels of gov.
Federal system of gov. = power divided between federal
government and the states
State gov can’t make laws that goes against national gov.
Fed. Gov. in charge of… citizenship, make and enforce laws
for whole country
State gov. in charge of… education, elections, public safety
Local gov. in charge of… police and fire, local courts, street
cleaning
You don’t have
to use complete
sentences!
Be Organized! It
makes notes
easier to review!
Types of Government
Democratic
Representative democracy- citizens choose people to
represent them and make laws on their behalf (US has
the oldest)
Republic- citizens have a role in choosing who leads
the country
Constitutional monarchy- monarch has limited role,
often just ceremonial. Voters elect lawmakers and
leader of country.
Majority rule- majority has power to make laws that everyone else
follows
Principles of American Democracy
Rule of law
Limited government
Consent of the governed
Individual rights
Representative democracy
Free, fair, and competitive elections
Majority rule
Authoritarian- power is held by a person or a group not
accountable to the people
Autocracy- ex. Absolute monarchy. Not many in the would.
Saudi Arabia, Qatar.
Dictatorship- complete power. Come to power by force.
Rely on police and military. People do not have freedom.
Ex. North Korea, Turkmenistan
Totalitarian rule- gov. controls almost all aspects of life. Tell
people what they can believe and do. Control the media and
use scare tactics. Often based on an ideology = strict idea
about life and society. Ex. Nazi Germany under Hitler,
Fascist Italy under Mussolini, and Soviet Union under
Stalin. Today, Cuba, North Korea, Myanmar.
Can include oligarchies (rule by a small group of people)
and theocracies (rule by religious leaders).
Socialism- system in which society controls all aspects of the
economy, either directly or indirectly through the government.
Goal is for nation’s wealth to be more evenly divided.
Systems of gov.
Most governments around the world are not federal, but
unitary = central government is supreme. France, Japan.
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