Social Studies Unit 1 Review

What are the two types of democracy?

• republican/democratic

• representative/direct

• representative/democracy

• fair/unfair

What is a direct democracy?

• all citizens vote directly on laws and policies that affect them

• citizens vote for politicians to choose laws and policies for them

• citizens vote for some of the laws and policies that will affect them

What is a representative democracy?

• All citizens vote for the laws that they want

• All citizens meet in Washington D.C. to debate and vote for new laws

• Citizens elect politicians/representatives to vote for them

Mr. Bergeron's and Ms. Cueto's classes vote for how often to have recess. This is ....

• direct democracy

• representative democracy

Students at Almadina elect a student president who will meet with Mr. Bergeron to share ideas with him. This is....

• direct democracy

• representative democracy

• wishful thinking (hahaha)

Where would direct democracy work best?

• In a small country

• In a large country

• anywhere that people want to have one

Why wouldn't direct democracy work in Canada?

• People would not understand how it works

• We have too many people who wouldn't vote

• Canada is too large

• People have too many opinions in our country

In a direct democracy_________.

• ževery citizen gets to vote.
• žonly elected representatives get to vote.

• žonly the Kings get to vote.
• žonly males get to vote.

In a representative democracy_____________.

• ževery citizen gets to vote.
• žonly the Kings get to vote.
• only elected representatives get to vote

• žonly males get to vote.

What type of democracy does Canada have?

• Direct
• Unfair
• Judicial
• Representative