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Forms of Government

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 and 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.
Election Most high officials in the Roman Republic got their office this way
Electors In the 1830 Constitution, these people were elected to elect the “Asamblea” which then elected the president and vice president.
Enabling Act The law created by the German Reichstag in which the legislature legally gave Hitler total power.
Patriarchy Form of government that is entirely dominated by men.
Lottery The way in which many of the high officials of Athens got their office.
Voting The basis of any form of democracy.
Sixteen In the 2008 Ecuadorian Constitution people as young as this age were given the right to vote.
Divine Right The basis of power of most monarchical (kings and queens) governments.
Women In the 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, in the Roman Republic, and in the Ecuadorian Constitution of 1830, only they had the right to citizenship.
Women Could be citizens in Rome, though they still could not vote.
Republic Type of democracy in which people vote for others to represent them in government.
Power The 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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