Democracy /Levels of Gov't
The system where someone speaks and votes on behalf of the larger group.
What is a representative democracy?
The process of voting used in Ancient Athens where everyone gets to vote on issues.
What is a direct democracy?
The 2 leaders of the executive branch who are responsible for commanding the army and keeping the order.
Who are Consuls?
Used by the Haudenosaunee to record dates, agreements and important events.
What is a Wampum Belt?
The place where both the Magna Carta and the Bill of Rights originate.
Where is England?
*DAILY DOUBLE*
A geographical area that is marked out on a map for voting purposes.
What is a Constituency or Riding?
People who moved from somewhere else to Ancient Athens are known as this.
Who are the Metics?
This leader would be appointed in times of emergency and would hold absolute power over government.
What is a dictator?
The shelter where Haudenosaunee clans and families lived.
What is a Longhouse?
A type of government where a king or queen has all the power and can make laws and decisions without asking anyone else.
What is an absolute monarchy?
The party that wins fewer seats than the party that forms government and is responsible for challenging ideas through debate in the House of Commons.
What is the Official Opposition?
The process in which the Boule (Council of 500) were chosen
What is a lottery?
Consuls had the ability to reject or forbid what decisions or laws they wanted through having this power.
What is veto power?
Used in meetings at the Grand Council to make decisons.
What is consensus?
*DAILY DOUBLE*
The legal right that ensures that no one can be imprisoned without a fair trial.
What is Habeas Corpus?
The House of Commons is located here.
Where is Ottawa?
A document that was one of the first examples of written laws and is known for its extreme punishments for even minor offences.
What is the Draconican Constitution?
The 4 groups apart of the legislative branch that ensured all citizens were represented.
What are the Assemblies?
Before this was introduced, the 5 nations were always at war with each other. A tree is used to represent it.
What is the Great Law of Peace?
The regular meetings where government officials meet to make laws and decisions for the country
What is Parliament?
A system where each province would govern their own affairs with a central government to look after affairs that affected the whole of the nation.
What is Federalism?
The place where all citizens, including slaves and metics, could listen to and "participate" in Athens democracy.
Where is the Agora?
This group limited the balance of power in the Roman Republic due to being strictly made up of patricians & past consuls.
Who is the Senate?
*DAILY DOUBLE*
The 5 nations that were initially apart of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy.
Who are the Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, and the Mohawk
Canada took inspiration from both the Magna Carta and the Bill of Rights to create its own document which is apart of our constitution.
What is the Charter of Rights and Freedoms?