Civics

Question 1

What is a citizen?

Answer 1

A person who lives in a certain country and has the rights of a person living in the nation

Question 2

Why is citizenship important?

Answer 2

It allows you to live with freedom and enjoy the rights and responsibilities of a person living in the country

Question 3

What are the features of a good citizen?

Answer 3

Somebody who works hard, makes good choices, provides work and bolsters the country’s economy

Question 4

What does applying for an Australian citizenship by descent mean?

Answer 4

If your parent was an Australian citizen and you were born overseas, you can apply for a citizenship by descent

Question 5

What does applying for an Australian citizenship by birth mean?

Answer 5

If you were born in Australia, you are automatically an Australian citizen by birth

Question 6

What is naturalisation?

Answer 6

The process in which a person applies for a citizenship in Australia, and becomes one by meeting all current requirements, being a permanent resident at the time and completing a citizenship test

Question 7

What is an immigrant?

Answer 7

Anyone who moves to a country from another country for any reason

Question 8

Why do people migrate to Australia?

Answer 8

Job opportunity, education facilities, quality of living and multicultural society

Question 9

What is an asylum seeker?

Answer 9

Someone who is seeking a safe place to live permanently because they have suffered threats or persecution, or their original country is in the midst of a war or disaster

Question 10

What is Australia’s obligation to asylum seekers?

Answer 10

Ensuring that asylum seekers who meet the definition of a refugee, are not sent back to country where their life or freedom is at risk

Question 11

In 1901, what were the top 5 countries that people had migrated to Australia from?

Answer 11

United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, China and New Zealand

Question 12

In 2016, what were the top 5 countries that people had migrated to Australia from?

Answer 12

United Kingdom, New Zealand, China, India and Phillipines

Question 13

What do Australia’s humanitarian and refugees programs help with?

Answer 13

Helping people resettle in Australia and providing protection to new settlers in Australia

Question 14

Who is eligible for Australia’s humanitarian and refugee programs?

Answer 14

Those outside Australia needing help and inside Australia seeking protection

Question 15

In 2018, what was the percentage of the Australian population born overseas?

Answer 15

26 percent

Question 16

What are some responsibilities of being an Australian citizen?

Answer 16

Following the law, serving on jury duty if summoned, voting in all elections and behaving in accordance to democratic beliefs

Question 17

What are some rights of being an Australian citizen?

Answer 17

Applying for an Australian passport, leaving and re-entering Australia, voting in elections ,seeking election parliament and asking for help from Australian consultants

Question 18

What are some threats to the privileges of being an Australian citizen?

Answer 18

Being convicted of serious crime, receiving a prison sentence or being considered a threat to the security of Australia

Question 19

What does active citizenship mean?

Answer 19

Being involved, taking action and joining in to make a difference in events such as cleaning local areas, Red Cross or Doctors Without Borders

Question 20

What does a citizenship test consist of?

Answer 20

Questions based on Australia and its people, government, law and democratic beliefs

Question 21

Why does a country use a citizenship test?

Answer 21

To help preserve the unique history and culture of a nation in an age of immigration

Question 22

What is a global citizen?

Answer 22

A person who sees the word as a globe of interconnected persons and is prepared to take responsibility for their role on Earth

Question 23

How can you become a good global citizen?

Answer 23

Volunteering locally, donating smartly and travelling sustainably