Democracy

Who is famous for coining this phrase on democracy: "democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people"

• Abraham Lincoln

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau

• Alexis de Tocqueville

• Benito Juárez

The word democracy comes from the Greek dēmokratia, from dēmos ‘the people’ + -kratia ‘power, rule’.

• True

• False

There are two types of democracy: direct and representative (indirect)

• True

• False

In a direct democracy, the people choose representatives to deliberate and decide on legislation.

• False

• True

In a representative democracy, the people elect representatives to deliberate and decide on legislation.

• True

• False

Democracy could be the opposite to aristocracy (ἀριστοκρατία, aristokratía), meaning "rule of an elite".

• True

• False

Which of the following countries has a direct democracy?

• Switzerland

• Venezuela

• Saudi Arabia

• Mexico

The first known democracy in the world was located in today's:

• India

• China

• France

• Greece

Democracy, then, is not autocracy or dictatorship, where one person rules; and it is not oligarchy, where a small segment of society rules.

• False

• True

Who said this phrase: "Democracy is not the law of the majority, but the protection of the minority"

• Albert Camus

• Charles Louis de Secondat, barón de Montesquieu

• John

• Plato