WorksheetsPolitics Introduction to key terms test
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
What is a definition of "democracy"?
Voting for a leader
Using force or threats to gain control
The ability to CONTROL other people’s behaviour to get what you want
The process of deciding who a group will elect to make all the rules that this group will have to follow.
What is the definition of "politics"
The activities and debate between people trying to gain power
The ability to CONTROL other people’s behaviour to get what you want
Using force or threats to gain control
yelling at your opponents to get your own way
What is the definition of "power" in the context of politics?
The process of deciding who a group will elect to make all the rules that that group will have to follow.
The ability to CONTROL other people’s behaviour to get what you want
The activities and debate between people trying to gain power
People who believe the government should enforce lots of rules to control society
What is the definition of "hard power"?
The ability to CONTROL other people’s behaviour to get what you want
Having charisma to get people to do what you want
Using persuasion to gain control
Using force or threats to gain control
The "left" on the political spectrum includes
People who believe in change
Often labelled “radical”.
Often want to to redistribute wealth from rich citizens to the less fortunate.
All of the above
The authoritarian end of the political compass is where
People believe the government should enforce lots of rules to control society
People believe the government should have less rules and leave individuals free
Using appeal, persuasion or incentives to gain control
The activities and debate between people trying to gain power
The "right" on the political spectrum is where
People who believe in change.
People who believe the government should enforce lots of rules to control society
People don’t believe in change. Often labelled “conservative”.
the politicians decisions are never wrong
Libertarian or Liberty on the political compass is where
people believe citizens can interact peacefully and respectfully without being forced to.
government should have limited laws telling people what to do
People who believe in individual freedoms to be left alone
all of the above
The system of governing a society with the rules of a religion is called a what
oligarchy
theocracy
monarchy
autocracy
"Communism" is defined as
An autocratic government where the government keeps all the wealth
When all wealth in a country is taken & shared evenly amongst it’s people. No government is needed.
All citizens follow the beliefs of the religion of that country
There is freedom for all citizens to work hard and be rewarded for this with higher pay.
John Locke was a political thinker who suggested
People are selfish so monarchs are needed to keep order
Government should be separate from church
Government makes a social contract
People have natural rights (life, freedom, property) and the government should protect these
Rousseau was a political thinker who said
People have natural rights (life, freedom, property) and the government should protect these
People are selfish so monarchs are needed to keep order
Government has a social contract. with citizens. They should protect these rights but if they don’t then people can demand a new government
Government should be separate from church
Communism is
the same as socialism
where each person works at what they are good at then the whole community shares the wealth evenly rather than keeping it for themselves.
where a dictator tells everyone what to do
no longer used in the world.
If I believe things should not change too much and that the government should stop adding laws to our society, I am
Left wing, authoritarian
Left wing, libertarian
Right wing, libertarian
Right wing, authoritarian
The Australian government is a "coalition". This is when two teams have joined. These teams are;
Labor and the Nationals
Labor and the Greens
The Nationals and the Greens
Liberals and the Nationals
Who would be the most "right wing" of the Australian political parties?
Labor
Liberal
Greens
None
Who would be the most "left wing" political party in Australian politics?
Greens
Labor
Liberal
Nationals
Representative democracy is different to direct democracy because
everyone gets to vote on all laws
it only happens in small societies
it allows a person elected from that community to vote on laws on their behalf.
It allows every citizen to voice their opinion before a vote on new laws
