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Constitutional Study Guide 2
Question | Answer |
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democracy | government by the people |
city-state | independent state consisting of a city and the area surrounding it |
philosopher | person who seeks wisdom and enlightenment |
direct democracy | system of government in which people participate directly in decision making through voting on issues |
citizenship | the status of a citizen, or member of a country, with all its duties, rights, and privileges |
eligible | qualified or worthy of being selected |
republic | system of government in which people elect representatives to govern them; also known as representative government |
patrician | member of the Roman upper class who traced his ancestry to a senatorial family in the earliest days of the Roman Republic |
plebeian | member of the general body of Roman citizens, as distinct from the patricians, or upper class |