Civics- Chapter 2 Lesson 1

In a direct democracy, people vote on issues themselves, rather than electing representatives to decide for them.

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The ancient Greek city-state of Athens created the world’s first republic.

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The Magna Carta had little effect on the monarchs that ruled after King John.

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The Mayflower Compact established a representative democracy.

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In a representative democracy

• all free men over 18 are considered citizens

• a monarch represents the people

• monarchs have absolute rule over the people

• people choose leaders to govern for them.

A legislature is

• an agreement among the people in a society.

• an assembly of judges

• a lawmaking body.

• the principle that a ruler or government is not all-powerful.

The Magna Carta is important for establishing which of the following?

• an agreement for governing the colony of Plymouth

• the scientific discoveries of the Enlightenment

• the principle of limited government

• the Virginia Company

The colony of Jamestown chose an assembly of representatives known as

• the House of Burgesses

• the Magna Carta

• the Mayflower Compact

• Parliament.

What are natural rights?

• agreements among people relating to their government

• freedoms people possess relating to life, liberty, and property

• ideas about the freedoms that were first discussed in the American colonies

• rights reserved only for monarchs

The United States has a representative democracy.

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