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Politics In Australia
Test Description: Revision test for our political unit
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Australia is an example of a/n
A
Absolute Monarchy
B
Representative Democracy
C
Direct Democracy
D
Dictatorship
2) Australians are eligible to vote once they turn
A
25
B
18
C
21
D
16
3) The two houses of parliament in Australia are the
A
Senate (lower house) and House of Representatives (upper house)
B
Government and Parliament
C
House of Representatives (lower house) and Senate (upper house)
D
Top house and Bottom house
4) The 3 levels of government in Australia are:
A
Town, City and Country
B
State, Territory, Country
C
Local, State, Monarchy
D
Local, State and Federal
5) When political parties join forces to gain a majority it is called a
A
Cooperation
B
Conglomerate
C
Coalition
D
Constitution
6) The party with the second highest number of votes in the House of Representatives forms the
A
Opposite
B
Losers
C
Opposition
D
Different
7) Why do we have 2 houses of parliament?
A
The Senate keeps the House of Reps accountable; it can also be known as the house of review as bills must be approved here.
B
To provide jobs for more politicians
C
Because there are too many decisions for one group of people
D
The House of Reps can pass laws without the Senate but it is easier to pass them with the Senate on board
8) The two major parties in Australia are the
A
Labor and Liberal
B
Marijuana Party and the Animal Justice Party
C
Nationals and Greens
D
Australian Labor Party and the Liberal Party
9) Independents are members of parliament that
A
Are members of a smaller political party
B
Do not belong to a political party or coalition
C
Hate the parties
10) The key principles of the ALP are that they
A
Like workers, spend lots of money, work really hard
B
Fight with the Liberals on as many points as they can
C
Are the oldest party
D
Are the oldest party, strive for a fairer Australia for workers, try to close the gap between rich and poor citizens
11) The Liberal Party key principles are that they
A
Strive for less government control, believe in the power of individuals and small businesses, hold more conservative beliefs
B
Fight with the ALP on as many issues as possible
C
Work to provide tax cuts to big businesses and stop small businesses from succeeding
D
Form coalitions with everyone
12) Some factors that influence voter behaviour are
A
All of the above
B
Opinion Polls, Public Debate
C
Social Media and Advertisements (includes smear campaigns),
D
Party Loyalty, Important issues
13) What is a swinging voter?
A
Someone who has voted for the same party since they first began voting
B
Someone who changes between parties depending on issues and shared values
C
Someone on a swing
D
Young people
14) The process of counting votes in the House of Representatives is called the
A
Secret ballot system
B
Preferential system
C
Proportional system
D
First past the post system
15) How regularly are House of Representative elections held?
A
2 years
B
6 years
C
10 years
D
3 years
16) Voting in the Senate is called Proportional Representative voting; voters can vote either
A
On time or not at all
B
Above or below the line
C
To the left or the right of the line
17) An absolute majority occurs when a party achieves
A
Less than half of the votes
B
Half the votes
C
More than half of the votes
D
All of the votes and none less
18) The quota in the Senate is
A
100% of the votes
B
A quarter of the votes +1
C
Some of the votes
D
Half the votes +1
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