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Democracy - Coggle Diagram
Democracy
What
Greek word
"Ruled by people"
everyone
has 'say'
participate
government
purpose
protecting people's rights
different meaning
Males
Adults
X slave
Owning lands & houses
Citizens from birth (Athenians)
Athens
The Greek city state
the earliest of democracies
Republic
X follow oreders
X kings or queens
citizens
vote
running the city
officials
chosen by lottery
juries
larger than nowadays
How it works
Mediterranean city states
adopted democracies
Ancient Rome
adopted Greek culture
Athens
direct democracy
only for small population
representative democracy
elected senators
vote
every issue
debate
lasted several 100 years
replaced by an empire
the democracy died off
Differences between old and modern
democracy
kept changing
in various forms
modern democracy
the U.S
republic
elect leaders
to represent
in Congress
almost every adults
O vote
some voting restrictions
committed in a severe crime
X vote