True or False Quiz on Political Facts

It is very easy to become the American President or the British Prime Minister.

• True

• False

The US Constitution sets out all the laws in America.

• True

• False

According to the Constitution, there are two requirements to becoming the President: you must be born in the US, you must be a US citizen and you must have lived in America for at least fourteen years.

• True

• False

Most people wanting to be President join a political party, full of people with similar ideas about how government should work.

• True

• False

The party has to decide which person to support as President.

• True

• False

The road to becoming the next UK Prime Minister is the same as becoming a President.

• True

• False

You've got to be 28 years old if you want to be an MP - a Member of Parliament.

• True

• False

You need to be a citizen of either Britain, Ireland or one of the Commonwealth countries.

• True

• False

You need to be born in Great Britain.

• True

• False

Many MPs throughout history were born in other countries and came to Britain later on, including from the USA.

• True

• False