1) What type of Government does Australia have? a) Democracy b) Dictatorship c) Republic 2) What year did Australia become a Federation (one whole country)? a) 2012 b) 1901 c) 1899 3) What is a constitution? a) A piece of paper b) Laws and Rules that regulate a country c) Identifies the separation of powers 4) The Separation of Powers is... a) Local, State & federal Government b) Legislative, Executive & Judicial Powers c) The Prime Minister is the least powerful 5) Local, State and Federal Government is known as... a) Division of Powers b) Separation of Powers c) Laws 6) One role of the Federal Government a) education b) currency c) footpaths 7) Identify a State in Australia a) Gladstone Region b) Western Australia c) Sydney 8) Division of powers mean.. a) The Federal Government is the least important b) Australia is a republic c) local, state and federal governments have their own roles & responsibilities 9) Separation of Powers (legislative, executive, judicial) is important because... a) No one group holds all the power b) Parliament (politicians) and court system (judges/punishment) are separate c) The Prime Minister can make all the decisions 10) Process for constitutional change a) Division of Powers b) Referendum c) Separation of Powers 11) The Parliament (where politicians argue) is made up of two parts a) Executive & Legislative b) Senate & House of Representatives c) Queen & Govenor General 12) Role of the Govenor General a) general of the Australian Military b) Acts on behalf of the King/King; mainly ceremonial c) The Monarchys spy 13) A referendum is decided by... a) The Monarchy b) Politicans c) Percentage of YES and NO answers from Australian citizens 14) The process for constitutional change (referendum) a) 1. Passed by Parliament 2. Information given to voters 3. People vote 4. Count votes b) 1. Passed by Parliament 2. Politicians vote 3.Citiziens are told the answer c) The Queen decides 15) Select the 3 powers in the "Separation of Powers' a) Executive Power b) Legislative Power c) Federal Power d) Judicial Power e) State Power f) Local Power 16) Legislative power is..... a) Court system and judges giving punishment b) Law making and creating e.g. Politicians c) Putting laws into effect e.g. Politicians 17) Executive power is... a) Court system and judges giving punishment b) Law making and creating e.g. Prime Minister c) Putting laws into effect e.g. Prime Minister 18) Judicial power is... a) Court system and judges giving punishmentent b) Law making and creating e.g. Prime Minister c) Putting laws into effect e.g. Politicians 19) The court that can interpret the constitution (e.g. laws/separation of powers) a) Magistrate Court b) High Court of Australia c) The Queens Court 20) The Highest and most powerful Court in Australia a) The High Court b) Magistrate Court c) Supremme Court 21) The Senate is responsible for scrutinizing the Government (Prime Minister) and making sure that they make good decisions a) True b) False 22) The House of Representatives is where Government is formed (Prime Minister) and laws are created and changed a) False b) True 23) Select a positive shared value in Australia a) Racism b) Exclusion c) Inclusion 24) Select a positive shared value in Australia a) Freedom b) Violence c) Inequality 25) The title of the Federal Government leader in Australia a) President b) King/Queen c) Prime Minister 26) Select examples of diversity in Australia a) Religion b) Reading ability c) Cultural background 27) Identify 2 problems which have occurred overtime in the constitution. a) The President. Overtime the President can be a man or a women. b) Indigenous/Aboriginal people are not recognised as the first people c) Religion (Australia represents many religions not just one) 28) Why is it important that society promotes diversity? a) It promotes exclusion so that only certain cultures and religions can live happily in Aus. b) The government can earn more money to give to the politicians who make the laws. c) When people accept others differences there is less violence, discrimination and people can work together better.

Civics & Citizenship Revision (Week 1)

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