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Government
Ancient Greece was ruled by many forms of government. – Monarchy – rule by one king/person– Oligarchy – rule is in the hands of a
few wealthy people– Tyranny – rule by one person who
took control by force– Democracy – rule by all people
Direct Democracy Representative Democracy
Democracy
Athens developed the first democracy
(Direct)
Greek word meaning “power of the
people”
A government where the people have the right to make decisions about leaders and
laws
The U.S. government is based on Athenian
democracy.(Representative)
Athens was the first known city to develop Democracy
Direct participation was important.
In the Assembly, every citizen attended as often as he pleased and had the right to speak.
– Ex. Go to War or not
Direct Democracy
Representative Democracy
The U.S. today is a representative democracy, where we vote for people to make decisions for us.
Ex. U.S. Senate and U.S House of Representatives