3.10 Rules and Laws

What do you call a place where people live, work, and play?

• community
• government
• park
• street

What tells people how they should act or behave and what they should and should not do?

• brothers and sisters
• rules and laws
• hamburgers and hot dogs
• roads and streets

What are the important rules written and carried out by the government called?

• community
• president
• laws
• safety

Who makes or develops our laws?

• mom
• grandma
• government
• schools

Why do we have rules and laws?

• to keep people safe and maintain order
• to keep us happy
• to make us mad
• to collect money

Rule or law? 
Stopping at a stop sign

• rule 
• law

Rule or law?
Keeping quiet in the hallways

• rule
• law

Rule or law?
Obeying a traffic light signal

• rule
• law

The purpose of government is to make laws, carry out laws, and decide if laws have been broken.

• true
• false

Why are governments necessary ?

• They protect the rights and property of people
• They make your grocery list.
• They tell you what to buy.
• They stop bad weather.