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Democracy is rule by the people. In a democracy, nearly all citizens have a say in their government through voting. There are two basic forms of representative democracy:

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What is a democracy?

• rule by a few

• rule by the people

• rule by one with all power

​-This is a key element of a democracy

​Rule by the people means: people get to vote for leaders and important decisions.

Presidential Democracy – executive power is held by an individual (typically called a president) who is chosen separately from the legislature.

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​Presidential Democracy

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Since the people of Turkey get to vote for the executive ( leader of their country) AND they also get to vote for the legislators (law-makers), their government is a

democracy.

Voters elect a legislature to pass laws (parliament) and then the parliament chooses one of its members to be the executive leader (typically called the prime minister.) The Prime Minister is generally the leader of the biggest political party in parliament.

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​Parliamentary Democracy

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If the leader of Israel is chosen by the members of legislators from amongst themselves, they are known as a _______________________.

• Presidential Democracy

• Parliamentary Democracy

• Absolute Democracy

• Absolute Monarchy

​Israel is a parliamentary democracy since the citizens DO NOT get to choose their leader directly. Instead, the citizens pick law makers into their Parliament known as the Knesset. THEN the law makers choose one of their own members to be the Prime Minister.

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Voters ONLY get to vote for their legislative body (law makers).

THEN, lawmakers choose their leader as a prime minister​

​Parliamentary

Voters get to choose their head leader AND the members of their legislative body (law makers).​

​Presidential

​Two Types

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Multiple Choice

The children of the town of Jelly Belly all

dream of being a part of their government

and have many freedoms. When they grow

up they can even become leaders. They can

vote directly for a leader who becomes the

head of government. This leader is called

the Brach and he must do what the people

elected him to do, which includes deciding

how many bags of candy corn the town will

sell at its stores each October. Which type of democracy is this?

• Presidential Democracy

• Parliamentary Democracy

• Absolute Democracy

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In the field of Cucurbita Maxima, the

people have some rights. Only those who

belong to the group of special elected

Pumpkins voted in by the citizens may

become a leader or hold office. The main

leader of the group is Mr. Gourd was

selected by the group of elected Pumpkins. Which type of democracy is this?

• Presidential Democracy

• Parliamentary Democracy

• Absolute Monarchy

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In Turkey, citizens get to vote for the law makers and the chief executive. What type of democracy does Turkey have?

• Parliamentary

• Presidential

• Absolute Democracy

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In Israel, the citizens get to choose their legislative body known as the Knesset. Then, the Knesset decides who will serve as the Prime Minister from their elected body. What type of democracy does Israel have?

• Parliamentary Democracy

• Presidential Democracy