Daugherty Influences on US Government 2024

Citizens have the most say in a

• oligarchy
• monarchy
• democracy
• tyranny

Aristotle believed that a head leader shouldn't make all decisions, but be supported by a group of people in the government. Which aspect of the US government is similar to Aristotle's thinking?

• balance of power - dividing the powers of government among different groups
• civic duty - the responsibility of a citizen to participate in the government
• rule of law - the idea that all people must be held equally accountable for following rules

True or false: Our representative democracy evolved from Ancient Greece's direct democracy.

• True

• False

True or false: The Athenian democracy used elections to choose the people in their government.

• True, they held elections like we do

• False, they held a lottery

What would be hard about having all citizens vote on every decision today?

• It would be hard to manage

• People might argue

• Only powerful people would get a say

Which Roman figure is known for showing civic duty?

• Julius Caesar

• Cincinnatus

• George Washington

Which government have a representative democracy? (choose 2!)

• Rome

• Athens

• United States

Which major idea did the United States take from the Roman Republic?

• Different councils for the upper and lower class

• Two leaders in charge

• Balance of Power

This document placed limits on the power of the government

• The Twelve Tables

• Leviathan

• Magna Carta

What is civic duty?

• a formal rejection of a law or action; consuls both had the power of veto

• rulers who had many of the same powers as the king but were elected to serve one-year terms; Rome had two consuls at a time

• a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch. 

• the responsibilities of a citizen