Democracy
A group of people who have the authority to make decisions and enforce laws for a country, province, or city.
What is a Government?
This document was signed in 1215 by King John of England. It was the first document that was signed by a king to agree to limit his power and protect certain rights of his people.
What is the Magna Carta?
Athens is often called
What is the Birthplace of Democracy?
The two social classes in the Roman Republic
What is patricians and plebeians?
A group of nations or groups that agree to work together while still keeping their own identities
What is a confederacy?
Canada has 3 levels of government
What are municipal, provincial/territorial, and federal?
Name the four key principles of democracy.
What is equality under the law, freedom, representation, and justice.
What is habeas corpus?
A "polis" or a small city that acts like a small, independent country.
What is a city-state?
The group that could hold high-ranking government positions in early Roman Republic
What are Patricians
“People of the Longhouse,” are a group of First Nations peoples in eastern North America
Who are the Haudenosaunee?
A level of government in Canada makes decisions that affect the entire country. It handles issues like national defense, immigration, and foreign relations.
What is the Federal Government?
This important document outlines the rights and freedoms of Canadian citizens.
What is the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
A symbol of liberty and justice around the world.
What is the Magna Carta?
Type of democracy in Ancient Athens
What is direct democracy?
Three branches of government in Rome
What is the executive, legislative and judicial branch?
The goal of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy
What is to end violence and unite the nations under a common governance system?
Alberta's government is based on this parliamentary system.
What is British Parliamentary system?
What is both a citizen's right and responsibility in a democracy?
What is voting?
A social structure in the Middle Ages where individuals received land and safety from those of a higher status.
What is Feudalism?
What are Citizens, Metics and Slaves?
The legislative branch in Rome was made up of two parts
What is the Senate and the Assemblies
The constitution of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy
The leader of the provincial government.
Who is the Premier?
The two types of democracy we have learned about this year.
What is representative and direct democracy?
The order of the 4 classes in the Feudal Pyramid
What is 1. King, 2. Nobles, 3. Knights, 4. Peasants
Citizens’ names were drawn randomly to decide who would serve as jurors or government officials.
What is sortition? (Lotteries)
The two individuals that were chosen by the Senate to hold the highest office in the Executive branch.
What were the Consuls?
The Great Law of Peace established a system of governance based on what three values?
Representatives elected by the people to help make laws and decisions for the province of Alberta.
Who are the MLAs or Members of the Legislative Assembly?
Political system where leadership is elected by the people, and leaders are accountable to the citizens. This is a form of government where citizens have a say in the decision making process!
What is democracy?
A legal action that protects people from being imprisoned without a lawful cause. It helps make sure that people are not put in jail unfairly
What is Habeas Corpus?
A machine used in ancient Athens to randomly select citizens for jobs like jurors or government officials, ensuring fairness in choosing who participated.
What is a kleroterion?
The reason behind two consuls
What is maintain a balance of power.
__________________ in the Haudenosaunee Confederacy were selected by Clan Mothers, who were respected elder women in each clan.
Who are the Hoyaneh (chiefs)?
Groups of people who have similar ideas about how to run the government.
What are political parties?
The word democracy comes from these greek words.
A government document made in 1689 that listed important rights and freedoms for the people in England. It helped protect them from unfair treatment by the king or government
What is the Bill of Rights?
Name one benefit of lotteries in Ancient Athens
What is promoted fairness or equal opportunity?
The assembly that was made up of only plebeians.
What is the Concilium Plebis (Plebeian Council)?
These qualities were considered by Clan Mothers when selecting Hoyanehs.
What is honesty, kindness, and ability to listen to others?
The Premier chooses these officials to lead different departments like education and health.
What are cabinet ministers?
What is both a citizen's right and responsibility in a democracy?
What is voting?
This means that people can vote for their leaders without being forced or threatened
What are Free Elections?
Where citizens shared their views openly to influence votes.
What are debates?
At the end of the Roman Republic, what did the government turn into?
What is a dictatorship?
The Haudenosaunee Confederacy is a group of six First Nations
What are the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora?
All three levels of government work together to maintain this.
What is the well-being of citizens?