Democracy

What is democracy?

• Fair political system

• Government makes decision on how to run the country.

• Adult choose or vote in elections to choose a political party, MPs and prime minister

• Children can choose a leader

Who doesn't have a vote or can not vote in the UK?

• Under 18 years old

• Prisoners

• Not British citizen

• People who are illiterate

Where did Democracy begin?

• Ancient Greece

• Ancient Rome

• Ancient Egypt

• Ancient China

Ancient Greece is very famous but it did not help shape systems of democracy around the world

• False

• True

• Unsure

What are the 3 main systems of democracy in Ancient Greece?

• The Dikasteria

• The Ekklesia

• The Boule

• The Iglessia

Popular courts

• The Dikasteria

• The Ekklesia

• The Boule

• The Iglessia

A group of 500 jurors who dealt with crime.

• The Dikasteria

• The Ekklesia

• The Boule

• The Iglessia

There were no rules or police in Ancient Greece so they decided what would be tried and what the sentences would be.

• The Dikasteria

• The Ekklesia

• The Boule

• The Iglessia

The jurors or Dikasteria were chosen daily at random from a group of male citizens over 30 years old.

• True

• False

• Unsure

This is the main assembly of citizens who met 40 times a year to make laws and decisions.

• The Ekklesia

• The Dikasteria

• The Boule

• The Iglessia