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Athens
7th grade
Question | Answer |
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DEMOCRACY | RULE BY THE PEOPLE. CITIZENS RULE |
ARISTROCRATS | RICH LANDOWNER. WEALTHY IN SOCIETY |
OLIGARCHY | GOVT. WHERE A FEW WEALTHY PEOPLE HOLD POWER. ARISTOCRATS RULE. |
CITIZENS | FREE PERSON. RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN GOVT. |
TYRANT | ANCIENT GREEK LEADER WHO HELD POWER THROUGH FORCE. DICTATORSHIP. RULED BY LEADER |
DIRECT DEMOCRACY | GOVT. WHERE EACH FREE PERSON HAS A DIRECT VOTE. |
REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY | GOVT. WHERE CITIZENS ELECT OFFICIALS TO REPRESENT THEM IN GOVT. |
OLIGARCHY | ARISTOCRATS RULE |
ROLE COMMON PEOPLE HAD IN EACH GOVERNMENT | COMMON PEOPLE HAD NO ROLE IN GOVT. UNDER OLIGARCHY OR TYRANNY, BUT WERE VERY ACTIVE IN A DEMOCRACY. |
3 THINGS UNDER ATHENIAN DIRECT DEMOCRACY | 1.) ALL CITIZENS MET AS A GROUP TO DEBATE AND VOTE ON ISSUES 2.) NO SEPARATION OF POWER. CITIZENS CREATED LAWS, ENFORCED LAWS AND ACTED AS JUDGES. 3.) ONLY FREE MALE CITIZENS COULD VOTE. WOMEN AND SLAVES COULD NOT. |
3 THINGS UNDER AMERICAN REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY | 1.) CITIZENS ELECT REPRESENTATIVES TO DEBATE AND VOTE ON ISSUES 2.) THERE IS SEPARATION OF POWER. CITIZENS ELECT PEOPLE TO CREATE LAWS, OTHER TO ENFORCE LAWS, OTHERS TO JUDGE OR INTERPRET LAWS 3.) MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE CITIZENS HAVE A RIGHT TO VOTE |
LEGISLATIVE | CREATE LAWS |
EXECUTIVE | ENFORCE LAWS |
JUDICIAL | INTERPRET OR JUDGE LAWS |