Citizens can either participate directly (as a government official) or indirectly (by electing a representative). The word democracy originates from Greek roots meaning “people” and “power”. Two basic forms of democracy are direct democracy and representative democracy. Direct democracy is when all eligible citizens have active and direct participation in the decision making for politics. One example of this is the government of Athens in ancient Greece. Representative democracy is when the whole body of citizens remain the higher power but political power is exercised through elected representatives. Most modern democracies like the United States use representative …show more content…
A usual side effect of domestication is that the organisms acquire a dependency so that they lose their ability to survive in the wild. An example of domestication is dogs and sheep. Dogs were domesticated for the purpose of being a companion/partner while sheep were domesticated for the production of a valuable resource: wool. Plants can be domesticated for aesthetic purposes (house plants) or they can be modified to acquire desired characteristics (genetically modified