Representative Democracy

Pros & Cons

100

Pro or con? Citizens get to participate in choosing their leader 

Pro, with representative democracy citizens get to help decide who should rule over them. 

200

Pro or Con? A drawback to this type of government is that elected officials are not required to fulfill promises made before their election.

Con! because they can just do stuff that helps them and not their civilization.

300

Pro or Con? After being elected they are able to promote their own self interests. 

Con, since they don't have to do something that benefits their civilization but themselves

400

Pro or Con? Elections must be genuinely competitive, meaning that many candidates can participate, and there must be free communication 

Pro! At least 2 people can be possible candidates who will compete for votes

500

Pro or Con? There are written laws in a representative democracy. 

Pro! because there are laws that even the representative has to follow even though they are ruling

Comparision

100

Monarchy or representative? Citizens get to help choose their leader.

Representative!! This is because in a Monarchy one family is always leading.

200

Monarchy or Representative? The power to levy taxes, declare war, and direct religious affairs. 

Monarchy! In a representative you can't just do that, it has to go through the 3 branches of government.

300

Monarchy or Representative? The source of power and the ability of citizens to directly influence leadership

Representative Democracy! Citizens chose who runs their civilization and therefore is the leader.

400

Monarchy or represnetaive? A single elected official represents the desires of a large number of people. 

Representative. Since monarchy isn't an elected official unlike monarchy. 

500

Monarchy or representative? Represents the nation's identity and continuity. 

Monarchy! It can represent the nation's identity because the monarch is one family bloodline always ruling.

Now, Past or Both

100

Now, Past or Both?  Electing representatives to govern on behalf of the people 

Both! this happened in Romes's democracy and ours.

200

Now or Past or Both? Wealthiest families, the patricians, held power and only they could hold political or religious offices. 

Past! This happened in Romes Representative Democracy, but today anyone really can go to the government with the right experience.

300

Now, Past or Both? Systems where different branches of government can limit each other's power, often including a "veto" power. 

Both! This happened in Romes's democracy and today.

400

Now or past or both? Free, fair, and frequent elections in which citizens can participate both as voters and as candidates.

Now! Back in Romes day your value of vote was decided by wealth and usually only men could vote.

500

Now, past, or both? When elected in a representative democracy you serve for 4 years at least

Now! In Rome when elected you only served 1 year.

True or False

100

 True or False? The Roman Republic was an early example of representative democracy.

True! Roman Democracy was a representative one.

200

True or False? Citizens elect individuals from political groups to act on their behalf. 

True, the citizens elect someone that shows and represents on their behalf

300

True or false? a representative democracy involves citizens voting directly on every law, and it certainly isn't characterized by rule by force.

False! The person they picked represents their vote so therefore gets to choose.

400

True or False? The Roman Republics representative democracy started in 709 B.C.E

False!! The roman Republic was a representative democracy that began in 509 B.C.E

500

True or False? There were 3 representatives elected in Rome.

False! There were only 2 elected at a time.