SQA Higher Politics Political Systems overview quiz quiz

An uncodified constitution spread across statute, common law and conventions

A single codified constitution set out fully in one entrenched document

A constitution that is decided entirely by the European Court of Justice

No written or unwritten constitution or set of constitutional rules at all

The House of Lords and the unelected senior judges of the courts

The monarch acting alone without any ministers or any advisers

The Prime Minister and the Cabinet, drawn from Parliament

The European Commission together with the Council of Ministers

The Additional Member System used at Holyrood

First Past the Post

The Single Transferable Vote used in some local elections

A fully proportional national party list system

Health

Education

Defence

Justice

Devolution gives Scotland complete and permanent independence from the UK

Federalism has no regional or state governments of any kind at all

There is no real difference between devolution and federalism whatsoever

Under devolution, Westminster keeps sovereignty and could change the settlement

By the Additional Member System, giving voters two votes

By First Past the Post in single-member constituencies only

By appointment from the UK Prime Minister and Cabinet

By a single national list with no local constituencies

Parliamentary sovereignty and a single dominant elected chamber

Rule by a single party that controls the state and the military

A separation of powers between three branches and federalism

An appointed Commission with the sole right to propose all laws

The House of Representatives acting on its own

The Supreme Court of the United States

The European Council of national leaders

The Senate

Rule actions of the President or laws of Congress unconstitutional

Elect the President directly if no candidate wins a clear majority

Propose and pass new federal laws without involving Congress

Remove individual senators it disagrees with from office

When the President's own party controls both chambers of Congress

When there is divided government and the opposition controls Congress

When the President issues a large number of executive orders

When the President is serving the first year of a first term

The directly elected European Parliament

The Court of Justice of the European Union

The European Commission

The European Council of heads of government

The European Parliament

The European Commission

The Council of the European Union

The Court of Justice of the European Union

That the EU holds too many elections and asks citizens to vote too often

That the elected Parliament has too much power over national governments

That the powerful Commission is unelected while the Parliament is limited

That member states have completely left the EU and abandoned it

An independent supreme court that can strike down laws

A directly elected national parliament with full law-making power

A free and competitive multi-party legislature

The Chinese Communist Party and its leadership

It has no competitive multi-party elections and no independent judiciary

It holds frequent free elections and protects a free and open press

It disperses power widely and guarantees strong individual rights

It allows opposition parties to compete freely for national power