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6. What best describes a referendum?

  • Where the government allow the public to answer a question to influence their decision. Some governments are bound to the results where as some are not.
  • Where the citizens or government allow the public to answer a question to determine whether the government should make a decision.
  • Where only the citizens allow the to answer a questions which, no matter what government, must follow the decision that the public decide from the question.

7. Who was the person to create a simple definition of democracy with the quote "Democracy is government of the people, by the people, for the people."?

  • King James II
  • Abraham Lincoln
  • David Cameron
  • Donal Trump
  • Margaret Thatcher

8. Which one of these are not a real referendum that has taken place in the UK? (Can be Scotland, Wales or England only)

  • Should England become independent?
  • Should the United Kingdom join the American continent?
  • Should there be an elected Mayor in English cities? 2012
  • Should the United Kingdom take back the British Empire?

9. Which one of these are functions of democracy?

  • Establishes freedoms and disperses the crowns powers.
  • Controls government and protects minorities.
  • Protects minorities and allows them to do everything.
  • Controls government and the monarch.