DEMOCRACY: A SHORT INTRODUCTION
- Where does the word democracy come from?
- What is considered to be the birthplace of democracy?
- What did people speak about in front of their rulers?
- Who was not allowed to vote?
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- Why was the Magna Carta so important?
- What kind of democracies do we have today?
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- What can’t you vote for yourself?
- What does democracy protect?
- What three different branches is Power divided into?
- What must the way the government work reflect?
- What is one of the problems of democratic voting?
- Winston Churchill said that democracy is the ________________ form of government except for all the other forms that have been tried from time to time.
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- the Greek
- Ancient Athens
- their concerns and opinions
- slaves – women – children – people who did not have a land.
- It prevented the King of England from doing whatever he wanted / Even the King had to follow the laws and rules written in the Constitution.
- Indirect – Representative
- A new law
- The best interests of the people, no matter their race, gender political opinion or religion.
- legislative, executive and judiciary
- the wish, feelings, desires, values of the society that it governs, known as The General Will.
- The biggest groups of people always have the most power.
- worst
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