Question

The founders of a new nation with a population of 5 million people are considering how to construct their government. Reasoning that it would be impractical for every citizen to decide every issue, the leaders decide one legislator will be elected from each group of 100,000 citizens to create a congress of 50 legislators. Which selection below best describes this scenario?

Select one:
A. representative democracy
B. direct democracy
C. oligarchy
D. socialist state

Answer 1

B. Representative Democracy

Answer 2

The correct answer is A. Representative democracy.

A representative democracy is a system where citizens of a country vote for government representatives to handle legislation (legislators) and ruling the country on their behalf. In this case being the 50 legislators of the Congress the ones who will be ruling the country on their behalf.