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Government & civics quiz, Middle school: How Parliament works This quiz helps revise “How Parliament works” in Government & civics for middle school. It has 25 questions in five categories: Inside Parliament, Votes and Seats, Making Laws, Checking Government, Having Your Say. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.
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A peek at the questions The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.
Inside Parliament 100 In which city does the UK Parliament meet at the Palace of Westminster?
200 Which elected chamber of the UK Parliament meets on the green benches?
300 Which unelected chamber of…
In the game400 Alongside its two chambers…
In the game500 What term describes a…
In the gameVotes and Seats 100 What mark are UK voters instructed to put beside their chosen candidate's name on a parliamentary ballot paper?
200 What is an area whose voters choose one member of the UK Parliament called?
300 Alex gets 40 votes…
In the game400 What is a vote…
In the game500 What is the situation…
In the gameMaking Laws 100 What is a proposed new law called while the UK Parliament is considering it?
200 What is a proposed law formally called once it has completed the UK Parliament's law-making process?
300 What is a proposed…
In the game400 Once the two chambers…
In the game500 At which stage does…
In the gameChecking Government 100 Who leads the UK government and regularly answers questions from elected members in Parliament?
200 Which impartial official works from this chair to keep order during debates in the UK's elected chamber?
300 What is the name…
In the game400 What is this UK…
In the game500 What is the name…
In the gameHaving Your Say 100 What is a formal written request that people sign to ask the UK Parliament to take action called?
200 What is this local session called where a member of the UK Parliament sees residents in individual appointments?
300 What is a UK-wide…
In the game400 What is trying to…
In the game500 An online public request…
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