Question

quiz: types of democracies
a government relies on elected officials to make important decisions. once every two years, citizens are able to vote for leaders to serve as their representatives in a national legislature. these representatives spend all of their time researching, proposing, and debating the best policies for the country. after a new policy has been reviewed, representatives vote on it, with the majority determining the outcome.
the government described in the passage most reflects the features of which type of democracy?

a. presidential democracy
b. indirect democracy
c. parliamentary democracy
d. direct democracy

Explanation:

The passage describes citizens electing representatives to make decisions and vote on policies on their behalf, which is the core feature of indirect democracy (also called representative democracy). Direct democracy would involve citizens voting directly on policies, while presidential/parliamentary democracies refer to executive-legislature structures, not the basic representative mechanism here.

Answer:

B. Indirect democracy