PAIREDREADTheMenontheHillExpositoryTextEVERYBODYCOUNTSBYKENBENNSTRATEGIES&SKILLSAComprehensionStrategy:AskandAnswerQuestionsSkill:CompareandContrastVocabularyStrategyGreekandLatinPrefixesVocabularyaspiring,foundation,preceded,principal,promote,restricted,speculation,withstoodELLVocabularycitizens,power,prosperContentStandardsSocialStudiesCivicsPhotographyCredit:(t)NovaDevelopment,(c)ScottE.Barbour/DigitalVision/GettyImages**Thetotalwordcountisbasedonwordsintherunningtextandheadingsonly.Numeralsandwordsincaptions,labels,diagrams,charts,andsidebarsarenotincluded.WordCount:1,843**Copyright©TheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedordistributedinanyformorbyanymeans,orstoredinadatabaseorretrievalsystem,withoutthepriorwrittenconsentofTheMcGraw-HillCompanies,Inc.,including,butnotlimitedto,networkstorageortransmission,orbroadcastfordistancelearning.Sendallinquiriesto:McGraw-HillEducationTwoPennPlazaNewYork,NewYork10121ISBN:978-0-02-118599-3MHID:0-02-118599-9PrintedintheUnitedStates.123456789DOC151413121110PAIREDREADIntroduction.................................2Chapter1EarlyExperimentsintheAncientWorld.........4Chapter2DemocracyinEuropeandBritain...............8Chapter3DemocracyintheNewWorld.................12Conclusion..................................16RespondtoReading.........................18TheMenontheHill................19Glossary....................................22Index.......................................23FocusonSocialStudies......................24EssentialQuestionHowdiddemocracydevelop?EVERYBODYCOUNTSBYKENBENN(bkgd)Photodisc/GettyImages,(t)NovaDevelopmentINTRODUCTIONImagineyouareanaspiringvoter.Youfindoutthatnoteveryonecanvote.Youcanvoteonlyifyourfatherhastherighttovote.However,ifyourfamilyhaslotsofmoney,thenyoucanvote.Thistypeofvotingsystemdoesn’tsoundveryfair,butitwasthesysteminsomeWesterncivilizationsinancienttimes.Earlydemocracywasdifferentfromthedemocraciesoftoday.DemocracybeganinancientGreece.Onlysomepeopl...
