Which kind of government was most heavily influenced by the Athenian system?

a) absolute monarchy

b) representative democracy

c) anarchy

d) dictatorship

The correct answer here is B. The representative democracy is a system where the elected officials make up the government and they represent different kinds of groups. This is similar but different than direct democracy. In representative democracy it is the elected officials who decide and vote on various political policies. In a direct democracy every initiative would be voted on by the people directly. Almost all of the western countries in the present day and age have some form of the representative democracy.