Once a month, citizens gather in a public meeting to voice
their concerns, propose new policies, and debate
important issues. At the end of the meeting, the people
take a vote to decide new policies. Any proposal that
receives a majority of the votes becomes law.
The government described in the passage most reflects the features of which
type of democracy?
O
A. Direct democracy
O
B. Indirect democracy
O
C. Presidential democracy
O
D. Parliamentary democracy
Answer: The answer is//
A.Direct democracy
the Quakers were promoting slavery
there were few voting African Americans
there was no political pressure to abolish slavery
O
He was a Scottish professor who tried to understand how nations acquired wealth.
B.
He wrote a book called The Wealth of Nations.
C.
He helped inspire the American Declaration of Independence.
D.
He is considered the father of modern economics.
The answer is: He helped inspire the American Declaration of Independence.
Adam Smith, who was a fundamental part of the Scottish Enlightenment, followed on key ideas of his time —most notably Hume´s philosophical contributions— and developed what is now considered the first theory of modern economics in his greatest work, An Inquiry into the Wealth of Nations. In this book (alongside, The theory of moral sentiments), Smith laid the foundations for the classical free market theory that states, in rough terms, that self-interest and competition can lead to economic prosperity.