Lesson 3.1.2.1

3.1.2.1 Democracy and participation Quiz: AQA Politics, Unit 1

20 questions

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Lesson 3.1.2.1, Democracy and participation: 20 multiple choice questions for the AQA Politics (7152), Unit 1: Government and politics of the UK, written with Revision Ninja.

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The 20 questions

  1. Which mechanism allows citizens to vote directly on a specific policy decision?

    • General election
    • Referendum
    • By-election
    • Select committee

  2. In a representative democracy, who is chosen by citizens to make laws?

    • Monarchs
    • Supreme Court judges
    • Elected representatives
    • Civil servants

  3. What political term refers to the right to vote in public elections?

    • Sovereignty
    • Participation
    • Dealignment
    • Suffrage

  4. Which 1832 Act of Parliament expanded the UK electorate for the first time?

    • Equal Franchise Act
    • Ballot Act
    • Great Reform Act
    • Parliament Act

  5. Which movement campaigned for the People's Charter and universal male suffrage in the 1830s and 1840s?

    • The Suffragettes
    • The Fabian Society
    • The Liberal Unionists
    • The Chartists

  6. Which organisation led by Emmeline Pankhurst used militant tactics to campaign for women's suffrage?

    • WSPU
    • Chartists
    • NUWSS
    • Fabian Society

  7. Under the Representation of the People Act 1918, women could vote at what minimum age?

    • 18
    • 30
    • 25
    • 21

  8. Article 21 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights protects which political right?

    • Right to vote
    • Right to strike
    • Right to privacy
    • Freedom of assembly

  9. Which Act established equal voting rights for men and women in the UK in 1928?

    • Equal Franchise Act
    • Human Rights Act
    • Great Reform Act
    • Parliament Act

  10. Which age group is at the centre of current debates on lowering the UK voting age?

    • 20 and 21
    • 14 and 15
    • 18 and 19
    • 16 and 17

  11. Which trend in UK political participation is widely viewed as a democratic concern?

    • Rising party membership
    • Higher e-petition use
    • Increased protest activity
    • Declining voter turnout

  12. What term describes the long-term process of voters abandoning traditional party loyalties?

    • Partisan dealignment
    • Class dealignment
    • Electoral volatility
    • Partisan realignment

  13. In which year was the UK voting age lowered from 21 to 18?

    • 1918
    • 1979
    • 1969
    • 1928

  14. Which form of political participation involves directly contacting an MP or signing e-petitions?

    • Electoral participation
    • Non-electoral participation
    • Direct democracy
    • Partisan dealignment

  15. Which 19th-century UK working-class movement campaigned for universal male suffrage?

    • Suffragettes
    • Levellers
    • Luddites
    • Chartists

  16. Which political mechanism allows UK citizens to vote directly on a specific policy question?

    • By-election
    • General election
    • Referendum
    • Focus group

  17. Which international document explicitly declares voting in periodic elections to be a human right?

    • Act of Settlement
    • Bill of Rights
    • Magna Carta
    • Universal Declaration

  18. What term describes a voter who does not identify strongly with any political party?

    • Floating voter
    • Core voter
    • Supporter
    • Party member

  19. Which group used militant tactics to campaign for women's suffrage in the UK?

    • Suffragists
    • Suffragettes
    • Diggers
    • Chartists

  20. Which group gained UK voting rights for the first time under the 1918 reform act?

    • All working women
    • Men aged 18
    • Women over 30
    • Women aged 21

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