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Elections Year 11

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The idea that government gets its power from the people

a)

Popular Cupidity

b)

Popular Luminescence

c)

Popular Sovereignty

d)

Popular Vote

2.

People rule and are free to make choices about their lives and the government

a)

Liberty

b)

Dictatorship

c)

Monarchy

d)

Democracy

3.

The right to vote is known as what?

a)

Suffering

b)

Suffrage

c)

Choosing

d)

Sufficient

4.
How old do you have to be to vote?
a)
12
b)
16
c)
18
d)
21
5.
What is a ballot?
a)
a list of candidates
b)
voter registration
c)
a poll
d)
suffrage 
6.
What responsibility do Australians have after their 18th birthday?
a)
Voting
b)
Marriage
c)
Military Service
d)
Running for political office
7.
What officials do citizens of Australia vote into office?
a)
Monarch
b)
Prime Minister
c)
Governor-General
d)
Members of parliament
8.

This individual approves elections, signs bills into laws, is the commander and chief of the military and acts as the head of state of Australia. What does the above explain?

a)

Duties of the queen in Australia

b)

Duties of the Australian prime minister

c)

Actions taken by the judges in the high court of Australia

d)

Actions that are part of the Governor General's responsibilities

9.

To have democratic elections you need them to be?

a)

Free, fair, resistant

b)

Free, fair and consistent

c)

free, regular and repetitive

d)

free, fair and regular

10.

The term applied to giving people the right to vote is?

a)

Freedom

b)

Suffrage

c)

Franchise

d)

Fairness

11.

Gerrymandering and malapportionment are?

a)

Forms of electoral manipulation

b)

Forms of electoral disadvantage

c)

Forms of electoral representation

d)

Forms of electoral franchise

12.

Women were first given the right to vote in this state:

a)

Western Australia

b)

Victoria

c)

New South Wales

d)

South Australia

e)

Queensland

13.

Women could stand as candidates for Federal Parliament in?

a)

1900

b)

1902

c)

1904

d)

1906

14.

South Australia gave women the right to vote in?

a)

1890

b)

1892

c)

1894

d)

1896