Look under the concept of Founding Ideals of the vocab page for numbers 8-12. 8. A is a political body in which the supreme power rests in the citizens who are entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by the citizens. Thursday: 9. is a type of democracy in which the citizens give authority to elected representatives to make decisions for them. 10. is a form of democracy n which the people as a whole make direct decisions, rather than have those decisions made for them by elected representatives.

8. Democracy

9. Representative democracy

10. Direct democracy

Explanation:

Democracy is defined as a type of governance by which the people of a particular region have the most power or the supreme power to elect their representatives by the right to vote. The representatives can be directly elected or indirectly elected by the people.

Representative Democracy is a democracy where the people of a region gives the authority to the elected representatives by them to make policies and decisions for the people.

Direct democracy is a democratic form when the citizens make decisions directly either by voting or in a assembly.

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every of the four river valley civilizations, religion played an enormous role in shaping and cultivating each civilization. this essay will briefly discuss how religion formed the river valley people’s government and view on geography. religion dictated how the peoples of the river valley civilizations managed government and geography.

            religious leaders played prominent roles in every river valley civilizations form of government. from ancient egypt and mesopotamia to china’s historic empire and the indus river valley, all the river valley civilizations had significant religious figures. in ancient egypt, the pharaoh was revered as a god and therefore was given his right as supreme governing authority in the eyes of the people. the elusive emperors of china gained there governing rights by a mandate of heaven creating long lines of dynasties until the common people of china felt the dynasty had lost the favor of the gods. chinese emperors were not only governing leaders but also the spiritual leaders of ancient china. mesopotamian and indus river valley priests were referred as has head officials who had vast amounts of authority in these two civilizations primitive forms of democracy. religion shaped the structure and social caste of the four river valley civilizations.

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