Types of government
king or queen born into power
Monachy
“The birthplace of democracy” | Used a direct-democracy, people decide on policy initiatives directly. “Desmos'': “People Kratos'': Rule (Democracy: Rule of the people)
Athens
Government controlled by religious leaders.
Theocracy
Way that branches of government limit the powers of the otehrs.
Checks and balances
Exercise complete control over the state. They usually take power by force, possibly illegally
Dictatorship
Used a representative democracy or “Republic” | Elected officials represent a group of people. Had a legal code used to protect people's rights
Rome
Ruled by a wealthy few.
Oligarchy
Rome and the United States had a similar founding. At first both were controlled by __________ who were overthrown by frustrated citizens.
monarchs
Citizens vote on laws.
direct democracy
Greece was said to have a direct democracy, however many considered it to be a ___________.
Oligarchy
type of government of Ancient Rome.
Representative democracy
Consuls were the executive of Rome the way the __________ is the executive in the US
President
Ruled by nobody.
Anarchy
Rome and the US had two things in common. One thing was that they both had a group of people that made laws called ________.
The senate
This group was a major part of the people that lived in athens, making up almost 40% of the population
Slaves
Ideas about government
Enlightenment + Great awakening = Egalitarianism | Many colonists believed that they possessed all the traditional rights of native English people | they followed english rule but had NO say in it
Citizens vote for representatives. These representatives make laws. can vote them out during election
representative democracy
12% of the population that did have the right to vote in Athens
Men
12% of the Athenian population. Did not have the right to vote.
Women
A person is ____________ until proven guilty.
innocent