Directions: read each main idea. use your text to supply the details that support or explain each
main idea
a. main idea: legitimate and functioning governments maintain order, protect people, and provide them
with ways to settle disagreements fairly and peacefully.
1. detail: governments setting priorities and making decisions on
behalf of the people.
2. detail: governments placing limits on what individuals are
permitted to do and by enforcing these limits.
3. detail: governments as schools, sewer
systems, roads, and often the means of promoting public health and safety.
4. detail: governments provide order to protect