1. Arrange students into groups. Each group needs at least ONE person who has a mobile device.
2. If their phone camera doesn't automatically detect and decode QR codes, ask students to
4. Cut them out and place them around your class / school.
1. Give each group a clipboard and a piece of paper so they can write down the decoded questions and their answers to them.
2. Explain to the students that the codes are hidden around the school. Each team will get ONE point for each question they correctly decode and copy down onto their sheet, and a further TWO points if they can then provide the correct answer and write this down underneath the question.
3. Away they go! The winner is the first team to return with the most correct answers in the time available. This could be within a lesson, or during a lunchbreak, or even over several days!
4. A detailed case study in how to set up a successful QR Scavenger Hunt using this tool can be found here.
Question | Answer |
| 1. most or all power is held by one central authority | unitary | 2. local government hold most or all of the power and are dependent on regional governments (states) for their existence | confederation | 3. a government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities | federal | 4. one person possess unlimited power; (s)he makes and enforces any laws he wishes | autocratic | 5. government which is headed by a king (queen) who comes from the family that has ruled the nation for several generations | absolute monarchy | 6. legislative, lawmaking body of a nation | legislature | 7. branch of government charged with executing, or carrying out the law passed by the legislature | executive branch | 8. the name for the Israeli parliament – legislative branch or law making body | knesset | 9. a government by the few – a small group exercises control often for corrupt and selfish purposes; citizens have a severely limited role | oligarchic | 10. a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people through representation involving free elections (republic) | democratic | 11. system in which the main source of power is in the members of the elected majority of the legislature. the leader of the majority party in the legislative elections becomes head of government, the prime minister | parlimentary democracy | 12. leader of the executive branch in a republic (democracy), chosen by the legislative branch, not elected by the people | prime minister | 13. system of government in which the leader of the executive branch is elected independently of the legislature; (s)he is elected by the people in a manner set out by the nation’s constitution | presidential democracy | 14. leader of the executive branch in a republic (democracy), chosen independently of the legislature and has specific powers and authority | president | 15. a system of government in which the religious leaders have the majority of power. Iran has a president, but the power is held by the mullahs and other religious leaders | theocracy | 16. right of the people in a republic (democracy) to select leaders and influence the government, usually granted at a specific age | voting rights/suffrage |
most or all power is held by one central authority&choe=UTF-8
Question 1 (of 16)
local government hold most or all of the power and are dependent on regional governments (states) for their existence&choe=UTF-8
Question 2 (of 16)
a government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities&choe=UTF-8
Question 3 (of 16)
one person possess unlimited power; (s)he makes and enforces any laws he wishes&choe=UTF-8
Question 4 (of 16)
government which is headed by a king (queen) who comes from the family that has ruled the nation for several generations&choe=UTF-8
Question 5 (of 16)
legislative, lawmaking body of a nation&choe=UTF-8
Question 6 (of 16)
branch of government charged with executing, or carrying out the law passed by the legislature&choe=UTF-8
Question 7 (of 16)
the name for the Israeli parliament – legislative branch or law making body&choe=UTF-8
Question 8 (of 16)
a government by the few – a small group exercises control often for corrupt and selfish purposes; citizens have a severely limited role&choe=UTF-8
Question 9 (of 16)
a government in which the supreme power is vested in the people through representation involving free elections (republic)&choe=UTF-8
Question 10 (of 16)
system in which the main source of power is in the members of the elected majority of the legislature. the leader of the majority party in the legislative elections becomes head of government, the prime minister&choe=UTF-8
Question 11 (of 16)
leader of the executive branch in a republic (democracy), chosen by the legislative branch, not elected by the people&choe=UTF-8
Question 12 (of 16)
system of government in which the leader of the executive branch is elected independently of the legislature; (s)he is elected by the people in a manner set out by the nation’s constitution&choe=UTF-8
Question 13 (of 16)
leader of the executive branch in a republic (democracy), chosen independently of the legislature and has specific powers and authority&choe=UTF-8
Question 14 (of 16)
a system of government in which the religious leaders have the majority of power. Iran has a president, but the power is held by the mullahs and other religious leaders&choe=UTF-8
Question 15 (of 16)
right of the people in a republic (democracy) to select leaders and influence the government, usually granted at a specific age &choe=UTF-8
Question 16 (of 16)
