Chapter 10 - The Union

Question 1

Define Devolution

Answer 1

The transfer of political power from central government to subnational government

Question 2

What is the population of England?

Answer 2

53 million (83.9% of the UK population)

Question 3

What is the population of Scotland?

Answer 3

5.3 million

Question 4

Population of Wales?

Answer 4

3.1 million

Question 5

Population of NI?

Answer 5

1.8 million

Question 6

In what order did the states enter the Union?

Answer 6

Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

Question 7

Define Unitary State

Answer 7

Homogeneous state with power concentrated at the centre and all parts of the state are governed in the same way

Question 8

Define Federalism

Answer 8

The sharing of power, enshrined in a constitution, between national and regional authorities

Question 9

Define Union State

Answer 9

A state where there are cultural differences, and where, despite a strong centre, different parts of the state are governed in slightly different ways

Question 10

Who insisted the UK was still a union state or a ‘state of unions’?

Answer 10

James Mitchell