WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Instead of taking part directly in law making, modern democracies use elections to select representatives who are sent by the people to govern on their behalf. Such a system is known as representative democracy.

Detailed explanation-2: -By definition, a republic is a representative form of government that is ruled according to a charter, or constitution, and a democracy is a government that is ruled according to the will of the majority. Although these forms of government are often confused, they are quite different.

Detailed explanation-3: -Elections take place regularly in any democracy. There are more than 100 countries in the world in which elections take place to choose people’s representatives. The mechanism by which people can choose their representatives at regular intervals and change them whenever they want to is called an election.

Detailed explanation-4: -The United States is an example of a republic. Some other examples of republics are France, Mexico, and Italy. A republic is a state in which the power rests with the people rather than a monarch. The United Kingdom, while a democracy, is not a republic because the head of state is the Queen.

Detailed explanation-5: -dictatorship, form of government in which one person or a small group possesses absolute power without effective constitutional limitations.