The Sovereign State Civics

The organization inside a state that controls the actions and policies of the state. It provides rules for how things are run.

• Government

• Population

• Government: Protects State

• State

Examples- Sheriff, Highway Patrol, Police, and FBI

• Government: Keeps Order Inside State

• Government: Protects State

• Population

• Government

Examples - Jobs must Pay Minimum Wage, Kids Under 14 Cannot Work, People have Freedom of Speech and Voting Age is 18

• Territory

• Government: Usually Helps Citizens

• Ways Government Can Help

• Government: How Things Are Run, Rules, Laws

A group of people who are citizens of a state and can be of any number of people. They can be mostly wealthy or mostly poor, it all varies.

• State

• Population

• Government

• Government: Protects State

The ability to rule absolutely within a state's specific boundaries.

• State

• Sovereignty

• Government

• Population

Examples - Navy, Army, Marines, Air force

• Sovereignty

• Government: Protects State

• Population

• Government: Keeps Order Inside State

A group of people living in a defined space with the power to make and enforce laws and not have to check with any higher authority.

• State

• Population

• Government: Keeps Order Inside State

• Government

Examples - Retirement Benefits, Highway System, Veterans' Hospital, and Schools

• Government: How Things Are Run, Rules, Laws

• Ways Government Can Help

• Government: Usually Helps Citizens

• Territory

Features of a State

• Population, Territory, Sovereignty, Government

• Protect the country (Marines)

• need an organization to do this, makes laws, protects country, keeps order, help citizens

• A government is the organization inside a state that controls the actions and policies of the state

An area where all the rules of that state apply. A state also has to have set boundaries.

• Territory

• Government: Usually Helps Citizens

• Government: How Things Are Run, Rules, Laws

• Ways Government Can Help