Democracy in Action

rights that you are entitled to as a person

• freedoms

• individual rights

• collective rights

• equity

rights that individuals have because they are part of a particular group

• freedoms

• individual rights

• collective rights

• equity

adjusting or changing the way something is done so that everyone has an equal chance

• accommodating

• cheating

• entertaining

• discriminating

a condition that benefits the majority

• accommodating

• compromising

• equality

• common good

treating people fairly- so there's equal opportunity

• equity

• freedoms

• discriminate

• cheating

a government of people elected by the people to represent them and make decisions on their behalf

• loving dictatorship

• direct democracy

• dictatorship

• representative democracy

a government in which citizens vote directly on all decisions

• loving dictatorship

• direct democracy

• dictatorship

• representative democracy

to treat people in a certain way because of their race, gender, age, or other factors

• helping

• accommodate

• discriminate

• ignore