S1 Modern Studies

A method of running a country which allows the people to have a say in how the country is run describes

• A democracy

• A dictatorship

• A monarchy

• A demonry

Who said "it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried."

• Vladimir Lenin

• Winston Churchill

• Robert Walpole

• Oliver Cromwall

Three of the following are features of a democracy.

• They hold elections in which everyone is free to vote.

• Everyone is subject to the law equally.

• Some people are more equal than other people.

• People are allowed to express their opinions freely.

In ancient Athens they had what type of government?

• Flawed democracy.

• A representative democracy.

• A direct democracy

• An authoritarian government

The UK has how many constituencies?

In the House of Commons, the number of voting MPs is 649, who is the missing MP?

A UK wide vote where people vote for who they would like to represent them in the House of Commons describes what?

• A general election

• A local election

• A regional election

• A mayoral election

Who is this man?

• Alister Carmichael

• I have seen his face before, but have no idea.

• Some random man.

• I think he is an MP

The House of Lords is made up of.

• Life Peers

• Inheritory Peers

• A mix of the two

• Elected Peers

The House of Commons is ...

• Elected

• Lasts for 5 Years

• Unelected

• Life time