HISTORY
ANCIENT ROME
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Question
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A republic (representative democracy)-people vote for representatives to make their decisions for them.
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A direct democracy-every citizen votes on governmental decisions.
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Constitution establishes a federal democratic republic form of government. That is, we have an indivisible union of 50 sovereign States. It is a democracy because people govern themselves. It is representative because people choose elected officials by free and secret ballot.
Detailed explanation-2: -The U.S. government is a prime example of representative and constitutional democracy. It is a representative democracy because the people, the source of its authority, elect individuals to represent their interests in its institutions. The formation and function of the government is based on majority rule.
Detailed explanation-3: -Representative democracy means people participate indirectly in the decision-making process. They choose their representatives through an election process. These representatives meet and make decisions for the entire population.
Detailed explanation-4: -Democratic government is referred to as representative democracies as in representative democracies people choose their representatives through an election process. Q. Q. is referred as opening up of the functioning of government and its decisions to citizens.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.