Power and influence - Edexcel GCSE Citizenship Studies quiz

Voting at elections to remove or choose a government

Refusing to pay any tax until the government does what you want

Deliberately ignoring all news, debate and political coverage

Quietly leaving the country whenever a decision is unpopular

There is no real difference; the two phrases describe exactly the same kind of campaigning by citizens for change

Direct action means citizens acting themselves, while indirect action means influencing decision-makers to act

Indirect action means deliberately doing nothing and simply waiting for others to fix the problem for you

Direct action is always illegal, while indirect action is the only lawful way to influence the government

It is exactly the same as in a democracy, with the very same rights to vote, protest and criticise

There are more free and fair elections, and citizens enjoy far greater freedom to protest openly

Opportunities to vote freely, protest and criticise those in power are restricted or absent

The media is always completely free to investigate and criticise the leaders without any limits

To form a government and run the whole country after winning a general election

To set the rates of income tax and decide how public money is spent

To run the courts and decide cases between employers and their workers

To protect and improve workers' pay and conditions through collective action

By law, trade unions, staff associations and employment tribunals

Only by the monarch, who personally settles every workplace dispute

They are not protected at all, so workers must rely on goodwill alone

Only by the prime minister, who must approve each individual contract

It only entertains people and keeps them distracted from serious issues

It informs the public and scrutinises those in power, holding them to account

It is controlled by the government, which decides what stories may be printed

It has no real role in a democracy and exists purely to make money for owners

To report stories inaccurately whenever it sells more copies

To ignore the public interest and print only what owners want

To report accurately and respect people's privacy and dignity

To avoid all reporting on those who hold power in the country

They never use the media at all and instead rely only on private letters to voters

They only ever use the media to criticise themselves and to draw attention to their failures

They are not allowed to speak to the media at all, because journalists by law must remain completely independent

They use press releases, interviews, and the timing and framing of stories to present themselves favourably

The EU is an economic and political union the UK has left, while the Council of Europe is a human rights body the UK remains in

They are really one and the same organisation under two different names, and the United Kingdom is still a full and active member of it today

The Council of Europe is simply a department inside the EU, so leaving the EU meant leaving it as well

The UK has now left both organisations completely and no longer takes part in either of them at all

Nothing changed at all, and the relationship carried on exactly as before the referendum

Free movement ended and there were changes over migration, fishing, travel and trade

The UK joined the EU as a brand new member with full voting rights for the first time

The UK left the Council of Europe and so withdrew from the European Convention on Human Rights

Free trade between members, with no tariffs or checks on goods crossing borders

Promoting human rights only, by investigating and ruling on abuses around the world

Collective defence, where an attack on one member is treated as an attack on all

Setting global tax rates and collecting taxes on behalf of all of its member states

It runs UK elections and counts the votes in each constituency at a general election

It is a UK government department responsible for collecting taxes from British businesses

It provides military defence for its members against attacks from other countries

It sets and oversees the rules for international trade between countries

An independent organisation, not run by a government, working on issues such as humanitarian relief

A government department that is funded by the state and run directly by elected ministers

A political party that stands candidates at elections and tries to form a government entirely of its own

A branch of the United Nations that is controlled and directed by its member governments alone

Only military force, with no diplomacy of any kind

Mediation, sanctions and, as a last resort, force

Only ignoring the dispute and hoping it goes away on its own

Only new trade deals that reward the other country for backing down