Citizenship Quiz

Name two ‘British values’

• The rule of law

• Mutual distrust

• Compulsory voting

• Freedom of Choice

Identify the year in which the Human Rights Act was passed.

• 1953

• 1990

• 1948

• 1983

What does the 2010 Equality Act protect citizens from?

• Discrimination

• Increases in taxation

• Jury service

• War crimes

Citizens have a right to ....... but voting is not ........ in the UK. Not everyone in the UK can vote, one condition is that you must be at least ....... years old

• twenty one

• eighteen

• vote

• optional

• compulsory

Which of the following has an elected parliament?

• The Commonwealth

• The European Union

• The United Nations

• The World Trade Organisation

Which of the box following is a pressure group?

• Defra

• NATO

• Ofcom

• Oxfam

Which one of the following represents a citizen in court?

• Barista

• Judge

• Barrister

• Jury

Name the country where a sheriff hears a court case

• England

• Northern Ireland

• Scotland

• Wales

Which of the following accurately describes the UK constitution

• Written

• Republican

• Federal

• Uncodified

What is a hypothesis?

• a large, mostly herbivorous, semiaquatic mammal

• a proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.

• a medical emergency that occurs when your body loses heat faster than it can produce heat, causing a dangerously low body temperature.

• the action of investigating something or someone; formal or systematic examination or research.