Week 5: Ancient Influences

Athens ability to govern by “assembly” to make laws

• Legislative Bodies

• Polis

• Representative Government

• Republicanism

Greek work for city-state

• Rule of Law

• Individual Worth

• Republicanism

• Polis

All citizens had to obey the same sets of rules with no exceptions

• Individual Worth

• Written Constitution

• Rule of Law

• Democratic Principles

A country with a written constitution and governed by elected representatives

• Rule of Law

• Constitutional Republic

• Written Constitution

• Republicanism

Support for government by elected representatives

• Written Constitution

• Republicanism

• Judeo-Christian Tradition

• Democratic Principles

based on Jewish and Christian beliefs and practices

• Judeo-Christian Tradition

• Rule of Law

• Democratic Principles

• Representative Government

Made of representatives elected by its citizens

• Representative Government

• Written Constitution

• Polis

• Rule of Law

Value as a human being

• Democratic Principles

• Republicanism

• Individual Worth

• Representative Government

A country’s plan of government

• Constitutional Republic

• Written Constitution

• Representative Government

• Republicanism

Basic ideas and rules of democracy like civic participation, voting rights, and decisions made by majority.

• Constitutional Republic

• Rule of Law

• Individual Worth

• Democratic Principles