Question

answer the following questions in four or five sentences.
a) What do you understand by the term democracy?​

Answer 1

Answer:

The word 'democracy' has its origins in the Greek language. It combines two shorter words: 'demos' meaning whole citizen living within a particular city-state and 'kratos' meaning power or rule. ... A belief in shared power: based on a suspicion of concentrated power (whether by individuals, groups or governments).

Answer 2

Answer:

Democracy is a form of government in which rulers elected by the people take all the major decisions.

Elections offer a choice and fair opportunity to the people to change the current rulers.