Test it!

Rules and Laws

It is time to test your knowledge of rules and laws. However, if you are not ready to do the test, you will not be able to answer the questions correctly and you will need to go back to the Read It ! pages to help you learn more about the topic.

The reason for having rules and laws is:

To keep society safe
To keep us from doing anything we want to
To stop our rights and freedoms
To give us more responsibility

What do we mean by unwritten rules?

Difficult rules that we try and remember in our heads
Common sense rules that we can easily remember
Rules that we have to write down for ourselves
Rules that are written down for us

Which of these is a handbook for our road safety rules?

Highway patrol book
Highway conduct
High road user book
Highway Code

What work do Members of Parliament do that affects us all in the UK?

Meet in parliament to chat about families
Meet in parliament to discuss and make new laws
Meet in parliament but do not make new laws
Meet in parliament only to talk about problems overseas

What is the role of the School Council?

They are involved in making rules for other schools
They are involved in deciding what will be in exams
They are involved in making rules for their school
They are involved in deciding what holidays there are

Which of these Rights does every individual have?

The right to live wherever they choose
The right to go to school
The right to travel at any age
The right to break the law

In this lesson, which of these BEST describes the word 'consequence'?

What will happen to me
What reward I will receive
What will not happen to me
What might not happen to me

If you break a rule at school, what is the FIRST thing that is most likely to happen to you?

I might receive a detention
I will be excluded for a short while
I will be excluded permanently
Nothing will happen to me