Political Vocabulary
What do we call a public vote on a single political issue?
Referendum
What is art created using pencil, charcoal, or pen?
Drawing
What is the fastest land animal?
Cheetah
Which idiom means to become angry?
to see red
What has words but never speaks?
a book
What is a system where people elect representatives?
Democracy
What term describes three‑dimensional art?
Sculpture
What is the hardest natural substance?
Diamond
Which idiom means something very rare?
Once in a blue moon
What is always ahead of you but never reachable?
the future
What do we call the legal right to vote?
Suffrage
What do we call artwork showing everyday objects?
Still life
What device measures earthquakes?
Seismograph
What colour describes inexperience?
Green
What can be caught but not thrown?
a cold
What three word phrase describes the mechanism which prevents any branch of government becoming too powerful?
Checks and balances
What movement explores dreams and the subconscious?
Surrealism
What do we call a country with no coastline?
Landlocked
Which phrase describes both uncomplicated situations and written proof?
Black and white
The more there is, the less you see. What am I?
darkness
What is the formal process of removing a public official from office called?
Impeachment
What term refers to the historical context of a work of art?
Provenance
What process allows plants to produce energy?
Photosynthesis
Which idiom means to present something too positively?
to paint a rosy picture
I am something people celebrate or resist. I change people’s thoughts and lives. I am obvious to some people but, to others, I am a mystery. What am I?
Age