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Dive into Democracy

Civics: A Dive Into Democracy

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What influenced the founding fathers in the creation of our Government? They studied different philosophies, other governments, some ancient societies such as Greek, American Indian, and British governing bodies.
What is Democracy? A Government that gets its power from the people, not kings or military dictators.
What is Direct Democracy? Citizens create and vote on the laws themselves, not through elected representatives.
What is a Constitution? Document that describes the laws and organization of a nation. It may also include the history and customs.
Why do societies write down their rules? To establish a shared standard on how people should behave and guidelines for what to do if they didn't.
What is meant by "civic participation"? Citizens had to be active in their government.
What is “rule of law”? Everyone had to follow the law. The idea that no one is above or an exception to the law
What are examples of civic participation? serve in the army, the government, or vote.
In ancient Athens, was the act of paying taxes considered “civic participation”? No. Everyone had to pay taxes, even non-Citizens!
If you were charged with a crime, you had to go to ___ People’s court
In ancient Athens, what is an “assembly”? The gathering of all the citizens, usually to vote on laws
What is a “trial by jury”? Citizens decide the outcome of a legal case
What are “voting rights”? power to approve or disapprove laws
What is a “Legislative body”? group of people who make laws
What were the three main political institutions in Athens? The Assembly, The Council of 500, The People’s Court
What were the requirements to be a Citizen in ancient Athens? Male, 18 or older, parents were Athenian citizens This means, girls and children were not considered citizens!
What was the “Council of 500”? Smaller legislative body whose purpose is to make decisions that would later be voted on by the entire assembly.
Originally, all the people in ancient Athens had to gather and vote on things 3 times a month! This became difficult for all citizens to participate. What did the Athenian citizens decide to do instead of this monthly assembly? They created a smaller legislative body called the Council of 500.
What were the requirements to be allowed to serve in the Council of 500? Male, At least 30 years old, Had to be a Citizen
How long were council members allowed to serve in the government? 1 year each time, and can be a council member only 2 times.
Council members were chosen from all the Athenian territories. How did they determine how many members of each territory can serve in the Council? By their population. The more people, the more representatives they get in the council.
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