# 7 Check your learning

Have a go at the following quiz to check what you have learned.

## Activity 7: Check your learning

15 minutes

#### Question 1

Active citizenship involves being motivated to participate as well as keep informed about politics, democracy and the workings of society. There is also an element of personal responsibility, i.e. people need to make the effort to engage.

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#### Question 2

Change can be focused on the political and the social.

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### Answer

political = campaigning for a change of government or to change a policy; social = changing how something works in society, such as the rights a group has.

#### Question 3

You can vote in UK Parliamentary elections from the age of 16.

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### Answer

You need to be 18 to vote in UK Parliamentary elections, as of 2022.

#### Question 4

Only Members of Parliament (MPs) can put questions to the UK Government.

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### Answer

Members of both the House of Commons and the House of Lords can submit written questions to Government departments and ask questions in the Chambers.

#### Question 5

Only some UK Parliament petitions are discussed in Parliament.

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### Answer

If a petition achieves 10,000 signatures the Government will respond, if a petition achieves 100,000 signatures it will (almost always) be scheduled for a debate.

#### Question 6

Protest is discouraged by the Scottish Parliament.

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### Answer

The Scottish Parliament has an official peaceful protest policy under the banner of being ‘open, accessible and participative’ with protests ‘a vital part of the expression of democracy in Scotland’.

#### Question 7

Welsh citizens are represented by more than one Member of Senedd.

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### Answer

They are represented by five MSs: one representing the local area, and four more representing the region of Wales the person lives in.

#### Question 8

Anyone can be a member of a Northern Ireland Assembly All Party Group (APG).

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### Answer

Formal membership is for Members of the NI Assembly only, although individuals and organisations can be invited to attend meetings and give evidence to inform the work of the group.

#### Question 9

A global challenge is a very big problem that affects many people in a lot of different countries, the solution to which requires concerted action across national boundaries.

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#### Question 10

‘Artivism’ and ‘craftivism’ involve using visual creations to promote a political or social cause.

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#### Question 11

Lobbying is illegal in the UK.

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### Answer

Lobbying is the lawful attempt to influence political decision makers, such as MPs and government ministers.

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