Which country first had a democracy?
Ancient Rome
The UK
The USA
Ancient Greece
Which country was the first in the world to give women the vote?
USA
New Zealand
Australia
UK
True or False: it's illegal to note vote in Australia?
False
True
In Scotland the legal age for voting is?
19
17
16
18
What percentage of world countries (with a population of 500,000 or more) are considered democratic?
57%
54%
51%
59%
True or False: in the UK the King or Queen decides the date of a general election?
True
False
Being a 'representative democracy' which country has served as a model for most modern democracies?
UK
the USA
Canada
Finland
In the United Arab Emirates legal voting ages is?
27
25
21
18
The first female prime minster was elected in which country?
India
UK
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Who said: “democracy is the worst form of government – except for all the others that have been tried.”
Winston Churchill
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Margaret Thatcher
Abraham Lincoln
The first 'constitutional monarchy' was in which country?
Japan
UK
Denmark
Belgium
The Magna Carta was written in which year?
1215
1235
1275
1255
True or False: in the USA, not until the 1965 were voting rights secured to African-Americans
True
False
