Cycle Test 1 - Introduction To Poltics

Question 1

Parliamentary sovereignty

Answer 1

Parliament is the supreme legal authority

Question 2

Referendum

Answer 2

Public vote over a question within parliament

Question 3

Primus inter pares

Answer 3

First among equals

Question 4

Cabinet

Answer 4

Senior ministers selected by the PM to lead specific policies

Question 5

Devolution

Answer 5

Decentralisation of government power

Question 6

Direct democracy

Answer 6

When the public decides on policies

Question 7

Partisan dealignment

Answer 7

Voters do not have a strong affiliation to a particular party

Question 8

Manifesto

Answer 8

Publication issued by a party before an election - setting out policies

Question 9

Pluralism

Answer 9

Power is dispersed amongst a range of groups

Question 10

Elective dictatorship

Answer 10

When a government has excessive power after winning an election, allowing it to make decisions without limitations

Question 11

Popular sovereignty

Answer 11

Authority of a government comes from the people, through elections and governments must act in people’s interests

Question 12

Three historical events that made UK more democratic

Answer 12

Magna Carta
English Civil War
Bill of rights
Representation of people Act

Question 13

What do the terms Demos and Kratos mean

Answer 13

People
Rule

Question 14

Which referendum had the biggest turnout

Answer 14

2014- If Scotland should be an independent country

Question 15

Which was the first referendum

Answer 15

1997 - Scotland having their own parliament

Question 16

Which referendum has the smallest turnout

Answer 16

If London should have a Mayor

Question 17

What was the closest referendum

Answer 17

Brexit - 52-48%

Question 18

Who tended to vote leave for brexit

Answer 18

Older people
Rural areas
England

Question 19

Who tended to vote remain for brexit

Answer 19

Younger people
Cities
Scotland

Question 20

Why did the UK leave the EU

Answer 20

• Immigration - increase under Blair + rejection of globalisation
• Control - belief that EU took sovereignty from the UK
• EU structure - many unelected positions of authority - Nigel Farage critiqued

Question 21

Advantages of referendums

Answer 21

• Public given direct control - Pluralism
• Check on government power - don’t control outcome
• Ensures legitimacy

Question 22

Disadvantages of referendums

Answer 22

Parliament weakened - sovereignty is undermined
Governments uninvolved from taking responsibility - less accountable
Referendums provide small snapshot

Question 23

what is statue law

Answer 23

acts passed by parliament - most important of constitution

Question 24

what is common law

Answer 24

comprises of laws that are passed down - judicial precedence

Question 25

what is the royal prerogative

Answer 25

remaining power of the crown - exercised by government ministers

Question 26

what is an example of statue law

Answer 26

representation of people act
human rights act

Question 27

what is an example of common law

Answer 27

property law
freedom of expression

Question 28

what is an example of royal prerogative

Answer 28

issuing passports
proroguing parliament

Question 29

what are conventions

Answer 29

unwritten rules that govern political behaviour

Question 30

example of conventions

Answer 30

royal assent to bills
salisbury addison convention

Question 31

what are the authoritative works

Answer 31

works of authority that provide guidance on the UK constitution

Question 32

examples of authoritative works

Answer 32

Walter Bagehots - the English constitution