In
a democracy
, citizens hold the political power. There are two basic types of democracies
What is a government in which citizens rule and make laws directly?
A direct democracy
is a form of government in which citizens rule and make laws directly rather than through representatives.
What form of government in which citizens have the right to vote and select their leaders was established in ancient Rome?
Once free, the Romans established
a republic
, a government in which citizens elected representatives to rule on their behalf. A republic is quite different from a democracy, in which every citizen is expected to play an active role in governing the state.
Which of the following is a form of government in which people select representatives to govern them and make laws?
Republic
: A form of government in which the people select representatives to govern them and make laws.
When leaders rule with the consent of the citizens?
Democracy
: Any system of government in which leaders rule with the consent of the citizens.
What is a group of 6000 soldiers called?
A legion
was nominally composed of 6,000 soldiers, and each legion was divided up into 10 cohorts, with each cohort containing 6 centuria.
What were the 3 parts of Rome’s government?
In the Republic there were different parts of the government. The three main parts of the government were
the Senate, the Consuls and the Assemblies
. The Senate was composed of leaders from the patricians, the noble and wealthy families of ancient Rome.
What are the 3 main types of government?
- Democracy.
- Monarchy.
- Dictatorship.
What are the 8 types of government?
- Absolute Monarchy (absolutism)
- Limited Monarchy (Constitutional Monarchy)
- Representative Democracy.
- Direct democracy.
- Dictatorship.
- Oligarchy.
- Totalitarianism.
- Theocracy.
What type of government is the best?
One such ranking is published by the Legatum Institute, based in the United Kingdom. From its methodology, it finds that
Switzerland
has the best government in the world.
What is a system of government in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them?
republic
: the type of government in which voters elect representatives to make the laws for the country.
What are the 10 forms of government?
- Democracy. Democracy is a form of government that allows the people to choose leadership. …
- Communism. Communism is a centralized form of government led by a single party that is often authoritarian in its rule. …
- Socialism. …
- Oligarchy. …
- Aristocracy. …
- Monarchy. …
- Theocracy. …
- Colonialism.
What are the five forms of government?
This lesson will discuss and differentiate between the five main forms of power, or government, utilized in past and present societies:
monarchy, democracy, oligarchy, authoritarianism, and totalitarianism
.
Who holds power in an oligarchy?
In an oligarchy (OH-lih-gar-kee),
a small group of people has all the power
. Oligarchy is a Greek word that means “rule by a few.” Sometimes this means that only a certain group has political rights, such as members of one political party, one social class, or one race.
What is it called when citizens often have no rights?
Autocracy
. Citizens often have no rights. Anarchy or Dictatorship.
What is it called when citizens vote to elect their leaders?
In this Learning Adventure, we’ll learn what voting is and who can vote. Voting is the process that American citizens use to choose our leaders, decide on our laws, or change our laws. Sometimes this is called casting a ballot.
