Democracy



What is Democracy? Add your view point below. Please include your first name and last initial to your work.

Power comes from the people. From Brainpop. In representive democracy, people elect others to share and discuss their ideas with other representitives and the government. - DR and JE c

http://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/worldhistory/democracy/
 * B**ack in ancient democracies, to vote you had to be free, from your home country, a male adult and had to own your own land. ACa

In a democracy, everyone at the governments legal age has a say in important decisions such as electing a president. KA e

In a __Democracy government,__ every citizen votes and most countries in the world have some sort of a Democracy. TMc

There are two types of a Democratic Government. One is a direct democracy when citizens debate and vote on every issue. Another is a representative democracy where citizens elect senators to represent there interests. KKL

The word Democracy is a Greek word Demos=People, Kratos=Power. CB TD G

A system of government led by more than one person honoring the will of the majority of the people.-ss 6th grade ppt MG G

The republic democracy is where people elect representatives to represent them. A direct democracy is a true democracy where all citizens get to vote.Direct democracy is good for smaller areas and representative democracy is good for bigger areas. SG and GW block c

Democracy means"rule by the people" EEe

Democracy is a type of government which uses votes from citizens to determine a leader that has limited power. Also there are two types of government, direct and representative democracy. A representative democracy is where there are small restrictions for people to vote but it is responsibility but not mandatory. A direct democracy is when everyone votes. AMa and JMa

link to map of democracy countries and info in the world [] SG and GW block c