SS - Democracy Test study flash cards

Where did Democracy start

Ancient Athens, Greece

Kratos

rule

demos

people

Direct democracy

The people do all the governing

Representative democracy

Elected officials that represent the people do the governing

4 goals of democracy

• Protecting the people

• Maintaining order and balance in society

• Providing for the common good of society

• Protecting natural rights

Constitution

A legal document that splits the power of the government and gives the gives the people their rights

The preamble

The introduction to the constitution

Reason for 3 parts of a democracy

So there won’t be a monarchy

3 branches of government

•  legislative

• executive

• judicial

executive branches impact on the laws

carries out the laws

legislative branches impact on the laws

creates the laws

judicial branches impact on the laws

allows the laws

Some things that the legislative branch does

• collects taxes

• declares war

• makes money

Some things that the executive branch does

• negotiate treaties

• chief of military

• appoints judges

Federalism

States and government work together

Amount of changes made to the constitution

27

First 10 amendments

bill of rights

Senators per state

2

Reps per state

depends on the size of the population of the state