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What is a democracy?
• system of government in which people hold power
• system of government in which a monarch holds power
• system of government in which representatives hold power

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Answer: system of government in which people hold power.

Explanation: democracy literally means "rule by the people." In modern practice this is often a representative democracy, where people elect representatives to exercise government power on their behalf — but the defining feature is popular sovereignty, not rule by a monarch.