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Australia: Government And Civics Understandings
Test Description: Australia: Government and Civics Understandings
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) In terms of citizen participation, Australia is an example of what type of government?
A
mixed market system
B
presidential democracy
C
absolute monarchy
D
parliamentary democracy
2) Australians elect _________ to represent them both at the provincial/territorial and national levels.
A
members of parliament (MPs)
B
senators
C
lords
D
members of congress
3) Australia’s citizens do not vote directly on, but entrust the selection of the country’s _______ to the national parliament’s leading political party.
A
governor
B
president
C
prime minister
D
secretary
4) Australians aged 18 and older are required __________.
A
to drive
B
to vote
C
to adopt a kangaroo
D
to have a job
5) In Australia, the prime minister is considered the _____________.
A
head of government
B
governor general
C
president
D
head of state
6) Australia recognizes the monarch of the United Kingdom (Queen Elizabeth II) as its symbolic/ceremonial __________.
A
head of government
B
president
C
head of state
D
governor general
7) Australia recognizes the monarch of the United Kingdom as its head of state because Australia is a former British __________.
A
colony
B
continent
C
parish
D
city
8) The interests of the British monarch are represented in Australia by a _________, who is chosen based on the recommendation of the Australian prime minister.
A
governor-general
B
president
C
senator
D
MP
9) This is the common name given to the legislature in a parliamentary democracy.
A
congress
B
Bundestad
C
parliament
D
assembly
10) Australia is a ______ because a monarch is the ceremonial head of state, but the country must follow a constitution.
A
federation
B
Bundestad
C
constitutional monarchy
D
presidential democracy
11) Australia is divided into these political divisions similar to states.
A
provinces and territories
B
parishes and cantons
C
sovereigns and domestics
D
divisions and units
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