Which form of government is described by citizens electing representatives to make laws?

• A. Direct democracy.
• B. Republicanism.
• C. Federalism.
• D. Separation of powers.

Answer: (B)

This question is about governing through elected representatives. When people choose others to create laws and run the government on their behalf, that arrangement is republicanism—a representative form of government. It rests on the idea that citizens rule by electing lawmakers who act for them, rather than voting on every law themselves.

This differs from a direct democracy, where individuals vote directly on laws rather than through representatives. It also isn’t about how power is organized between levels of government (federalism) or about dividing powers among branches to prevent too much power in one place (separation of powers). Those concepts describe structure and checks rather than the method of lawmaking through elected representatives.