HISTORY
ANCIENT GREECE
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Question
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Power is held by one person who rules by force.
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Power is held by a few people.
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Citizens elect officials to represent them in government.
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Citizens vote on laws in an assembly
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Detailed explanation-1: -Direct democracy is the direct participation of citizens in democratic decision making. Direct democracies may operate through an assembly of citizens or by means of referenda and initiatives in which citizens vote on issues instead of for candidates or parties.
Detailed explanation-2: -direct democracy, also called pure democracy, forms of direct participation of citizens in democratic decision making, in contrast to indirect or representative democracy.
Detailed explanation-3: -Direct democracy is also called ‘pure democracy’. It is a form of democracy in which people decide (e.g. vote on, form consensus on) policy initiatives directly. It is distinct from representative democracy in which people vote for representatives who then enact policy initiatives.
Detailed explanation-4: -: a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections.
Detailed explanation-5: -An example of direct democracy is a New England town meeting.