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British Politics

I. Match the name of the person or thing with the function

1. Queen Elizabeth II

2. Prince William

3. PM stand for

4. Dr Liam o!

". Mar#aret $hatcher

%. $on& 'lair

(. MP stand for

). Palace of Westminster

*. Princess Diana

1+. 'uc,in#ham Palace

11. -o 1+ Donin# /treet

12. /ir Da0id ameron

a. ome of the 'ritish Qeen and the ro&al famil&

b. $he Parliament meets here

c. $he resent Qeen


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d. $he resent Prime Minister

e. $he 'ritish PM li0es and or,s here

f. $he ucomin# cron of the countr&

#. $he 1st female PM5 ho is ,non as the Iron Lad&

h. $he e!PM

i. Prime Minister

6. Member of Parliament

,. 7 ro&al famil& member5 ,non as the 8ose of Wales

l. $he current /ecretar& of /tate for Defence

II. Political Parties (P73)

1. o man& olitical arties are there in the 9:;

2. Which art& is the innin# one no;

3. What are the s&mbols of each art&;

4. Which art& is resonsible for en0ironment rotection< e=ualit& for

the or,ers< national defence;

". Which art& do the or,in# class suort;

%. Who suort the onser0ati0e;

(. Which art& does the resent PM belon# to;


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III. The Monarchy(P77)

1. What is the monarch&;

2. What are its roles;

3. In ritten la5 the Queen has absolute oer>

?1@............. the Prime Minister< d?2@............. ministers< d?3@.................

Parliament< r?4@.................. to a#ree to le#islation assed b& Parliament<

Embod& the la in the courts< can do ?"@............. that is le#all& ron#

In realit&> Different. $he Queen has a?%@............... no oer at all

anAt ?(@.................. an&one she li,es to be P.M

P.M d?)@................. the other #o0ernment ministers

P.M re=uests a dissolution of Bo0.

$he 8o&al assent to a bill assed b& Parliament is automatic

When she oens Parliament each &ear5 the ?*@.............. she ma,es has

been ritten for her

/he reads ord for ?1+@..................


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The Queen is making ............... at the Opening Parliament

I. !o"ernment #tructure (p$%)

1. $he B consists of the ............ ?the most oerful@ and the............

2. MPs are eads of.........................

3. MPs are aointed b&..................

4. MPs are from the ouse of ................ and belon# to the same ...................

". $he& ta,e the .................... resonsibilit& ?all share the resonsibilities for

e0er&

olic& made b& Bo0ernment@

%. $here are ................. ouses in the Parliament> the ouse of .................

and the ouse of.......................

The Government of the United Kingdom


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$he Government of the United Kingdom is the central #o0ernment of the

9nited :in#dom of ?1@........................ and -orthern Ireland. It ?2@.................

of those Ministers resonsible for the conduct of national affairs5 also ,non

as the frontbench. $he Bo0ernment is led b& the [email protected] ho

selects the other members of the Bo0ernment. $he Prime Minister and the

other most senior Ministers belon# to the sureme decisionma,in#

committee5 ,non as the ?4@..............

9nder the 9: constitution5 e!ecuti0e authorit& lies ith the monarch. $his

authorit& is e!ercised onl& b&5 or on the ?"@.............. of5 the Prime Minister

and the abinet. $he abinet members ad0ise the monarch as members of

the Pri0& ouncil. $he& also e!ercise oer directl& as leaders of the

Bo0ernment Deartments.

$he Bo0ernment Ministers are usuall& all members of ?%@.............5 and are

accountable to it. $he Bo0ernment is deendent on Parliament to ma,e

rimar& le#islation5 hich means that in ractice a #o0ernment must see, re

election at least e0er& ?(@................. &ears. $he monarch selects the Prime

Minister as the ?)@....................... of the art& most li,el& to command a

ma6orit& in Parliament.

$he ?*@................. Prime Minister is Da0id ameron5 leader of the

?1+@................. Part&5 ho as aointed b& Queen Elizabeth II on 11 Ma&

2+1+ folloin# the 9: Beneral Election on % Ma& 2+1+.
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