Democracy VS Dictatorship

Question 1

Give 1 example of a country under dictatorship.

Answer 1

North Korea, Egypt

Question 2

Give 1 example of a democratic country.

Answer 2

Germany, France

Question 3

What do countries with dictatorships not have?

Answer 3

Human Rights as law

Question 4

What is a democracy?

Answer 4

A form of government

Question 5

What are the main features of democracy?

Answer 5

Government elected by the people

 Regular and free elections take place

 People can speak freely on their opinions

 All citizens have rights and responsibilities

Question 6

What is a dictatorship?

Answer 6

A dictatorship is a form of government in which a person or a
small group rules with almost unlimited power.

Question 7

What is the person called that rules a dictated country?

Answer 7

A dictator

Question 8

How do dictators take power?

Answer 8

by force or by misleading the people.

Question 9

How to dictators use the police?

Answer 9

to keep control.

Question 10

What examples of human right violations do dictatorship countries have?

Answer 10

The use of torture

The imprisonment of individuals without trial

Slavery

Miscarriage of justice

Genocide – the mass murder of innocent civilians

Question 11

What age can you participate in voting?

Answer 11

General scottish election=16
General UK election= 18

Question 12

What is voting?

Answer 12

A process by which a group of people can decide things fairly when they do not all agree. (to avoid hunger games)

Question 13

Do you vote for the prime minister?

Answer 13

No you vote for the party.

Question 14

What is the scottish voting system like?

Answer 14

It is called the additional member voting
-you vote for a person (part of a constituency)
-then you vote for a party

Question 15

What can people vote for?

Answer 15

-members of parliament
-SMPs
-MP’s
-President
-Council Elections

Question 16

What are the 2 parliament houses?

Answer 16

-house of the lords (chosen for)
-house of commons

Question 17

What does franchise mean?

Answer 17

The qualification to vote is called the franchise.

Question 18

What does suffrage mean?

Answer 18

The right to vote

Question 19

What is direct democracy/pure democracy?

Answer 19

A form of democracy in which people make decisions directly.
-a direct decision on a piece of legislation

Question 20

What is representative democracy?

Answer 20

It happens when the people elect MP’s to make decisions on their behalf

Question 21

What is a referendum?

Answer 21

elections for pure democracy
e.g- brexit, should Scotland go independent

Question 22

Why don’t we always have pure democracy?

Answer 22

-Not everything is a yes or no question,
-Very hard and expensive to organise elections
-Lot of work
-Some matters need experts on the field if they’re more complicated

Question 23

What is the electoral register?

Answer 23

-list of people who are eligible to vote in an area (the area is called a constituency)

Question 24

How many constituencies are there in the UK and Scotland?

Answer 24

650 UK
59 Scotland

Question 25

How are constituencies decided?

Answer 25

By the number of people living in a particular area.

Question 26

How does the electoral register work?

Answer 26

-constituencies vote for an MP -MP's represent a party -party with most votes win

Question 27

What are the parties called if they don't win and what do they then do?

Answer 27

-the opposition party -make sure the party that wins stay in line

Question 28

What is the UK General Election system called?

Answer 28

First Past The Post

Question 29

What is a simple majority win?

Answer 29

When a party wins with under 50% of the votes, the other parties can band together when a legislation is made and can say no.

Question 30

If a party wins with 1% more than its opposition what is it called?

Answer 30

A simple majority win

Question 31

What is an absolute majority win?

Answer 31

-if a party wins more than 50% of the countries votes -When a candidate wins by having more votes than all the other candidates have even if put together -all the other parties combined can't say no to legislation

Question 32

What does the term SAFE SEAT mean?

Answer 32

-ABSOLUTE MAJORITY WIN -the candidate/party is likely to win again in the next election

Question 33

When do parties get a marginal safe seat?

Answer 33

When there is a simple majority win.