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WorksheetsHigher Politics
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
Who was known as the 'Father of Conservatism'?
Thomas Hobbes
Robert Peel
Edmund Burke
Benjamin Disraeli
Karl Marx famously said 'workers of the world unite, you have nothing to lose but...'
(a)
What is 'bussing in'?
(a)
What day do PMQs take place?
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Who can appoint people to the House of Lords?
(a)
Define the 'rational choice' model of voting behaviour.
What percentage (roughly) of government bills become law?
50%
75%
90%
95%
Who stated that leaders should know how to 'steer the ship'?
Plato
Jean Jacques Rousseau
Joseph Schumpeter
Lenin
Give two reasons that Marx argued capitalism was bad.
Which event did Burke see as bringing change but also maintaining what was good about he country?
The French Revolution
The Russian Revolution
The Glorious Revolution
Who is said to only have the 'power to persuade'
The US President
The UK Prime Minister
Who was the Labour Leader in 1983?
Michael Foot
Neil Kinnock
Tony Blair
Jeremy Corbyn
How many Labour MPs broke away to form the SDP?
2
4
6
8
Why would it be impossible to filibuster a government bill in the UK?
How many MP's did Boris Johnson remove the whip from after they voted against the government's Brexit Bill?
11
21
31
41
How many Senators are needed to call cloture on a filibuster?
20
40
60
80
Illustrate the 'sociological model' of voting behaviour.
What topics did Andrew Neil press Jeremy Corbyn on in 2019, that didn't show the Labour leader in a good light?
(a)
Who owns The Sun and The Times newspapers, that political leaders often try to keep on side?
(a)
Which party may benefit from the Party Identification model of voting behaviour in Orkney and Shetland?
Conservatives
Greens
Lib Dems
Labour
