CCEA GCSE Government and Politics Unit 1 Democracy in Action quiz

Sixty

Ninety

One hundred and eight

Eighteen

First-past-the-post

A single X for one candidate

The single transferable vote

Appointment by the monarch

Shares out ministries in proportion to each party's Assembly seats

Counts votes at Westminster

Appoints the monarch

Decides the Republic's constitution

The First Minister outranks the deputy

The deputy is a junior assistant

They are appointed by Westminster

Jointly, with equal powers

Government by the communities together, sharing power

Rule by a single majority party

Direct rule from London

A type of electoral fraud

1972

1985

10 April 1998

2007

Westminster decides Northern Ireland's status

Northern Ireland's status can change only with the agreement of a majority of its people

The monarch must approve all laws

Only the Republic can change the border

The House of Commons

The House of Lords

The monarch

The Cabinet

650

90

100

18

The monarch can veto any law

Parliament is the supreme law-making body and can make or unmake any law

The courts make the law

Northern Ireland controls its own foreign policy

The leader of the party with the most seats

The oldest MP

The Speaker of the Commons

The leader of the House of Lords

Ministers may publicly oppose decisions

The Cabinet runs Parliament

All ministers must publicly support a Cabinet decision or resign

Each minister votes separately in elections

More than half of all votes

Approval from the Lords

A ranked-preference quota

The most votes in the constituency (a plurality)

A pressure group seeks to influence government without forming one

A pressure group always wins elections

A party never campaigns

There is no difference

Ignoring all elections

Petitioning and demonstrating peacefully

Refusing to obey any law

Appointing ministers

Controlling the government

Replacing Parliament

Acting as a watchdog that scrutinises those in power

Choosing the Prime Minister