The _______ were the first culture to come up with a democratic system of government.?

Question

A. Greeks
B. British
C. Romans
D. Americans

Answer 1

The Greeks in Athens are generally credited with originating the idea of democracy.

Answer 2

Well, truth is there is good reason to suspect the Celts for practicing an early form of democracy. The structure of some Amerindian tribes, particularly in the North, are supposed to have been fairly democratic.
So, while the Athenians were first to use the term, their model of democracy was at best oligarchic. Spartans had a pure democracy, even with 2 kings, but they enslaved a whole population in order to dedicate themselves to military, political and philosophical duties. It is my belief that large power differential put to doubt claims of democracy.
It really does depend on what kind of democracy you mean. Is it a matter of public control over policy or more of a procedural democracy thing? you know, does it matter if it is a true democracy or just a country where the oligarchy nominates candidates for the public to choose every so often. If it is the latter i would tell you that it is an anglo saxon development. The former is a recurrent system without a definite origin, reappearing in the modern world during the Paris Commune (1871, 1968) and the Saint Petersburg Soviet (1905) ... and perhaps now in the EZLN in Chiapas.

Answer 3

A - Greeks, but on an academic point, not the Greeks of Athens. Not exactly and uniquely.

The term "democracy" does come from Athens, where the term referred to the demos, or neighborhoods (probably closer to what we would think of as manors or estates, surrounded by villagers) governed - that is, the great men (yes, only men) made the decisions. Everyone else was too busy working to spend all day in direct democracy.

The ideal we think of has more to do with an influence on 5th century BC Athens - the Ionian (Turkish) Greeks who in the century before the establishment of direct democracy in Athens, organized in small states to defend against the predations of the Persian Empire.

In fact, the term politics is connected with the Ionian Greeks, as is the term tyrant. The tyrant was one way of fighting off the Persians - a popular leader who marshalled defensive forces. Some of the city-states in Ionia, however, did away with the ruling families (oligarchies) - or at least deprived them of power - and organized "democratically," in the modern sense, to defend themselves.

Answer 4

The Greeks.....

Democracy can be dated with astonishing precision. Its origins lie in ancient Greece towards the end of the Archaic period. The most profoundly influential social invention of the ancient Greeks was the polis, or "city-state." The polis was essentially an urban center which ruled over the surrounding countryside. Because of its small size, the polis allowed for surprisingly dynamic political experimentation. As the poleis were established, the Greeks turned to a political model everyone else followed, the monarchy. They soon tired of their kings, and began to create almost an infinite variety of government structures along several distinct lines: oligarchy (rule by the few), timocracy (rule by the wealthy), aristocracy (rule by the best), tyranny (rule by a tyrant), and, finally, democracy (rule by the demos , or "people."

Answer 5

The Greeks. The Romans had a Republic, in fact The United States is not a true Democracy either. It is a democratic Republic. That is a representitive form of goverment where the representitives are elected democraticaly.

Answer 6

A. Greeks
B- Romans
C- British
D- Americans

Answer 7

The Greeks in Athens are acknowledged as the first to come up with the idea of democracy. Becuase of democracy they were also able to delve into pilosophy.
There were many restrictions as to who exactly could vote (no women, slaves or anyone not born in athens for example). But they allowed the citizens of the city to be able to decide what went on in the city by voting.

Answer 8

The Greeks. Then the Romans who got the idea from the Greeks.

Chow!!

Answer 9

A. Greeks

Answer 10

Remember the Senate in "Julius Caesar?"