Greek And Roman Legacies

Front 1

This is a type of government in which voters choose delegates to create the laws of government on their behalf. A common term that may be used to describe it is "representative". This is the most common type of democratic system in the world.

Back 1

(Indirect) Democracy

Front 2

A state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a king. An absolute king has unlimited power. This is an old form of government, and the word has been around a long time. It derives from Greek monarkhos.

Back 2

Monarchy

Front 3

A state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them.

Back 3

Republic

Front 4

The political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration.

Is this necessary for the existence of civilized society?

Back 4

Government

Front 5

A class of persons holding exceptional rank and privileges, especially the hereditary nobility. a government or state ruled by an elite, or privileged upper class. Government by those considered to be the "best" or most able people in the state.

Back 5

Aristocracy

Front 6

A pure version with no intermediaries.

A system of government in which the

power to govern lies directly in the hands of the people rather than being exercised

through their representatives.

Back 6

Direct Democracy

Front 7

An assembly or council of citizens having the highest deliberative functions in a government, especially a legislative assembly of a state or nation. The idea of a legislative assembly goes back to the founding of Rome, around 750 B.C.E., with the word taken from the Latin ___, meaning "highest council." That word, then, is thought to come from ___, meaning "old man,".

Back 7

Senate

Front 8

Government by the few, especially despotic power exercised by a small and privileged group for corrupt or selfish purposes.

Aristotle used the term __________ to designate the rule of the few when it was exercised not by the best but by bad men unjustly.

Back 8

Oligarchy

Front 9

A native or naturalized member of a state or nation who owes allegiance to its government and is entitled to its protection

Back 9

Citizen

Front 10

A principle or body of laws considered as derived from nature, right reason, or religion and as ethically binding in human society.

Back 10

Natural Laws