Arepresentative democracy is a system of government that

answer

Gives citizens a regular opportunity to elect top government officials.

explanation

In a representative democracy, we give people the power to influence the government by granting them the ability to elect government representatives whose view/principle is aligned as theirs.

Even though they cannot directly vote for the bill, electing officials with a similar view increase the chance of the government creating the bill that they want/desire.

answer; i believe that they became wealthy from gold and salt in their area, and became powerful by controlling trade in west

responsibilities im assuming