10+-+Law+&+Politics+test

**Test: The Political & Legal System**
 * Year 10 Business & Civics**

1. Describe the idea of ‘separation of powers’. _ __2 marks

2. Choose two ‘principles of law’. Tell me what they are and give a quick explanation. a)___

__b)__ _ 2 x 2 marks

3. A person whose views are ‘to the left’ is talking to a person whose views are ‘to the right’. Who prefers a larger role for government? Left person / Right person (circle) 1 mark

4. True or false a) We use a preferential voting system. T / F (circle) b) You put a #1 in your __Most__ preferred candidate. T / F c) Most candidates will belong to a political party. T / F d) If no candidate gets over 50% of the votes, one is chosen at random as the winner. T / F 4 x 1 mark.

5. a) Was this unit relevant? Why do you think this? _ __b) Was it interesting? Why / why not?__ _ Any answer to (a) receives 2 marks. No answer receives 0 marks. Same for (b). 1 mark if you only say ‘yes’ or ‘no’.