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Democracy

Athens, Rome & Ecuadorian Constitutions

TermDefinition
direct form of democracy in which people propose, debate, and vote for the rules and laws that guide their society
matriarchy form of government that is entirely dominated by women
dictatorship form of government that is generally upheld through violence, terror, and propaganda
foreigners could never vote in Athens, could in Rome with 25 years of military service, and can be in Ecuador after 5 years in the country
sex basis of power in both patriarchies and matriarchies
read & write this was a requirement for being able to vote until 1996
oligarchy a government in which a small group of people are given power on the basis of prestige
slaves could not be citizens in either Athens or Rome, though Rome allowed them to become citizens if they could become freemen
authority what legitimizes or confers power
block type of voting used in the Roman Assemblies
election most high officials in the Roman Republic got their office this way
enabling act law created by the German Reichstag in which the legislature legally gave Hitler total power
patriarchy form of government entirely dominated by men
lottery way in which many of the high officials of Athens got their office
voting basis of any form of democracy
women in 1929 Ecuadorian Constitution these people were given the right to vote
plutocracy form of government in which a small group of people are given power on the basis of wealth
men In Athens, Roman Republic and Ecuadorian Constitution of 1830, only they had the right to citizenship
women could be citizens in Rome, but still couldn't vote
republic type of democracy in which people vote for others to represent them in government
power ability to control, influence, or direct people or resources
eighteen in the 1996 Ecuadorian Constitution the age to vote was lowered to this
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