Playing Politics - Revision For Assessment

Slide 1: Playing Politics Revision for Assessment on Thursday

Slide 2: Concepts (5 marks) Mix and Match  Find the definitions for the following words:  Government  Executive  Head of State  Civil War  Colony

Slide 3: Knowledge (10 marks) multichoice and short answer Answer the following questions: 2. Describe one feature of a democracy. 3. Describe one feature of a communist political system? 4. Who is New Zealand’s head of state? 5. What voting system do we currently use in New Zealand? 6. Describe one feature of a limited democracy?

Slide 4: Knowledge (10 marks) multichoice and short answer 1. Who is New Zealand’s Governor General? 2. Are the number of monarchies increasing or decreasing around the world, why? 3. Which type of political system is most common in the world today?

Slide 5: Skills (10 marks) In the skills section you will be asked to: 2. Write a generalisation from a graph of election results. 3. Look at a map of political systems and write one generalisation. 4. Cartoon interpretation – answer two questions about a cartoon 5. Write a paragraph explaining how a political system affects people’s lives. 6. Place three peoples values on a continuum in relation to their views on a political system. Give reasons for two values positions.