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British Civilisation
historical
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Highest point in the UK ? (mountain) | Ben Nevis (Scotland) |
| Lowest point in the UK? | The Fens (below the sea level) |
| Where is Celtic fringe situated? | North and West of the British Isles. |
| Consistent country of the UK are? | England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales |
| What union took place in 1536? | Union of England and Wales > Kingdom of Great Britain |
| What Union took place in 1801? | Union of Great Britain and Ireland |
| What happened in 1922? | Partition of Ireland and creation of Irish Free State |
| What is the Union Jack ? | flag reflects the gradual construction of the UK |
| What is Wales capital? | Cardiff |
| What happened in 1998 in Wales? | Creation of the National Assembly |
| What happened in 1998 in Scotland ? | Creation of the Scottish Parliament |
| What is Scotland's capital? | Edinburgh |
| Biggest city in Scotland ? | Glasgow |
| Northern Irelands' discrimination was between who and who? | Irish Catholics and Scottish protestants |
| What is Ireland's capital ? | Belfast |
| What is Good Friday agreement ? | Power sharing between Unionists and Republicans |
| What is England's capital ? | London |
| What is Uk's capital ? | London |
| What % of people are living in England ? | 84% |
| What is devolution ? | taking a part of the central power to the local power, in The Uk it is the process of transferring some of the power from Westminster in London to assemblies in Scotland, Northern Island and Wales |
| What was incorporated in the Uk constitution in 1998? | free speech with the Human Rights Act |
| What BBC stands for ? | British Broadcasting Corporation |
| 1st TV programs appeared in ? | 1930s |
| BBC was created in ? | 1927 |
| Top 3 of the most popular TV channels in 2017? | BBC, ITV, Channel4 |
| What's a broadsheet ? | Paper which targets higher socio-economic classes |
| Name 3 broadsheets. | The Times, The Daily Telegraph, The Guardian |
| What's a tabloid? | Paper which targets working class readers |
| Name 2 tabloids. | The Sun, The Daily Mirror |
| What tabloids focus on? | 3 S = Sex, Scandal, Sport |
| What's middle market papers? | Papers which both target higher and lower socio-economic categories |
| Name 2 middle market papers. | The Daily Express, The Daily Mail |
| Political view of middle market papers? | conservatives, anti-immigration, anti-EU |
| Political view of free newspapers? | neutral |
| What is Tabloidization ? | The competition for scoops and scandals |
| What is "Cheque-book journalism"? | paying people for their stories |
| What is "Door step journalism"? | Harassing people in their everyday lives to get stories |
| What changes occurred due to digital revolution in the press? | less printing, increase role of social media |
| Name a particularity of the British Constitution. | not written |
| What is Rule of law ? | Human rights |
| What does Habeas Corpus mean ? | No one should be sanctioned unless they have broken the law, everyone is equal in front of the law |
| What is Bill of Rights (1689) ? | guaranteed civil liberties and curtailed power of the monarch and established supremacy of the Parliament |
| What's a monarch power today ? | head of State of the UK and 15 other commonwealth countries |
| What is the royal assent ? | Monarch must give his permission to pass an Act |
| Main parties in the UK ? | Conservatives and Labour |
| The monarch doesn't enter the ___ | House of Commons, respect for the independence of the Parliament |
| Who's is the Shadow cabinet ? | Spokesperson |
| What is Checks and Balances ? | system needed to prevent abuse of power with the Legislature and the Executive |
| Where does the "Opening of Parliament" takes place? | In the House of Lords |
| When's the Parliament's programme represented and by who? | During the Opening of Parliament and by the queen |
| How are Parliament's members elected? | One ballot, the candidate with the most votes wins |
| What happened in 1776? | Us declared its independence from the Grand Britain |
| Who are the five eyes? | US, UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand |
| What is the EEC? | European Economic Community (1958) |
| What's the reason between Britain wanting to join EEC? | Decolonisation |
| When did UK join EEC? | in 1973 after 2 attempts rejected |
| What are the contributing factors of the industrial revolution in the UK? | great deposit of coal and iron, essential for industrialisation |
| During what period doe the industrial revolution occurred? | 1750-1850 |
| When was the Irish famine and how many people died? | 1845-1851 and 1 million of people died |
| What was British economic supremacy based on? | Staple industries, coal, textiles, iron and steel |
| What was the main cause of the Great Depression ? | falling prices which increased competition between the staple industries |
| In terms of GDP what place does the UK occupy ? | 5th largest economy in the world |
| In terms of GDP per capita what place does the UK occupy? | 24/25 in the world |
| What % of UK exports in goods and services went to the EU in 2017? | 44% |
| What % represent the services sector in the UK ? | 80% |
| What major industry is at risk because of Brexit ? | Food and drink industry |
| What % of the UK's workforce comes from the EU? | 1/4 |
| What is the national minimum wage in the UK? | 7,83£ |
| When was the British Nationality Act settled ? What did in abolished ? | in 1968, the jus soli |
| Today how many British Nationality exist ? | 6 |
| Who's given the right to work in UK ? | Only the British citizenship |
| What is CRE? When was is created ? | Commission for racial equality, in 1976 |
| What are the 3 socio-economic classes ? | Upper-class, middle-class, working-class |
| Education of the upper-class? | public school and university |
| Politic party of upper-class? | Conservative |
| Accent of the Upper-class? | RP |
| Nickname of the Upper-class? | Toffs |
| Education of the middle-class? | University and will send their children to public school if rich enough |
| Politic party of Middle-class ? | Varied |
| Accent of middle-class? | RP or regional accent |
| Education of the working-class? | Only until the secondary |
| Politic party of the working-class? | labour and belongs to trade union |
| Accent of working-class? | strong regional (ex: cockney in London) |
| What class voted to remain in the EU ? | majority with university education |
| What are the comprehensive schools ? | Schools with no selections, everyone can enter |
| What impacted had the Butler Act (1944) ? | Made 1st and secondary education compulsory |
| What's the selective system ? | 3 types of schools that pupils could access depending on their result in a test called 11+ |
| the 3 types of schools ? | grammar school, secondary school, secondary technical school |
| What religion must the monarch belong to? | Anglican |
| Who's the monarch crowned by ? | Archbishop of Canterbury |
| All State ceremonies must be performed by ? | The Church of England |
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