Democracy

1.Who were the people that were able to vote in Ancient Athens? Be detailed (Hint, Canada has had very similar voting rules).

2. What would be the problem(s) if we had to vote on every decision? 

3.What does the word democracy mean? Look at the 2 Greek words hidden within.

4. Voting rates in Canada have been declining over the last 50 years. Why is this a concern?

5. What is the origin of the word Democracy?

A simple majority won in Ancient Athens and in Canada today.  This is sometimes referred to 'first past the post.' This system has  flaws when there are more than two choices. Here is a graph of what kind of ice cream to buy for our class of 5. 1 is the first choice, 3 is the last choice. If we were to pick the ice cream flavour, the way Canada picks its leaders:

	Chocolate	Vanilla	Strawberry
Aryssa	1	2	3
Kris	3	2	1
Bailey	3	2	1
Katrina	1	2	3
Sofia	3	2	1

6. Which ice cream flavour would we buy, if we went 'first past the post'?

7. What would be the problem with this choice?

8. Churchill said Democracy was the worst form of government, except for all the others. Do you think democracy is important? Why or why not?