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Pick up your exit slip and write down the following objectives  Explain the organization and function of a representative democracy.  Identify facts.

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1 Pick up your exit slip and write down the following objectives  Explain the organization and function of a representative democracy.  Identify facts and analysis that support an argument.

2  President/Prime Minister  Power is usually split between executive and legislative branches  Parliament, Diet, Assembly, Congress, etc  Ensures that decisions made by the people are carried out Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak US President Barack Obama Australian PM Julia Gillard

3  Majority rules, but the individual is protected  Elect representatives in free elections  Tell representatives what they want done  Pay taxes to benefit society as a whole  Serve in military when asked Woman voting in India Man voting in Afghanistan Man voting in US

4  Protect the people from outside invasion  Are commanded by the executive branch but limited by the legislative branch Italian Military Ethiopian Military Israeli Military

5  All people have the right to vote on issues  Free elections of representatives  Representatives vote on issues in Congress  majority rule (mostly)  Representatives make decisions based on the best interests of the people US Congress in session Japanese Parliament in session

6 Argument: Athens was a democracy  Read through the following description of Athens and find 3 FACTS that support the argument  Read through the description and find 1 piece of ANALYSIS that supports the argument.

7  Explain weather or not Hobbes would like this form of government and why  Explain weather or not Locke would like this form of government and why

8  Explain the organization and function of a dictatorship.


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