Mr. V Origins of Democracy

In which type of Democracy do people speak for themselves?

• Republic

• Democratic

• Direct

• Representative

What was the first written law called?

• Roman Republic City-States

• Sovereignty

• Twelve Tables

• Boule

What is a representative democracy?

• When all people vote on laws

• When a few elected people vote on laws

• When a king creates laws

• When all citizens vote on laws

a system in which the people choose their leaders to govern themselves - this is the type gov't of the U.S.

• democracy

• direct democracy

• representative democracy

A government is

• the institution through which a society makes and enforces its public policies.

• a collection of people.

• always democratic.

• the organization representing farms and industries.

In this form of government a person is not held responsible to the will of the people.

• Dictatorship

• Oligarchy

• Unitary Government

• Federal Government

Greek philosopher who is known as the father of Western philosophy.

• Aristotle

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbes

System of government in which power is held by a small group.

• Oligarchy

• Dictatorship

• Autocracy

• Parliamentary Government

At about 2000 BCE, Ancient Greece had a political system where independent sovereign cities served as the center of political, economic, and cultural life. What were these cities called?

• States

• Cities

• City-States

• Countries

The rule of a king or queen is called a...

• Democracy

• Oligarchy

• Aristocracy

• Monarchy