Les institutions politiques du Royaume Unis et des Etats Unis

Question 0

The UK of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a ? monarchy and a ? state. It is made up of ? individual countries, which are ?. It is govern by a ? system and its seat of government is in ?

Answer 0

Constitutional 
Unitary
Four
England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
parliamentary
London

Question 1

The Act of Union of ? joined England and Wales first of all. It was not until ? that Scotland and England joined together, ans along with Wales formed what is now known as ?

Answer 1

1536
1st May 1707
Great Britain

Question 2

On ?, the Irish Parliament voted to join the Union and the United Kingdom of Great Britain became the ?

Answer 2

January 1st 1801

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Question 3

It was in ? that the name changed to the UK of GB and Northern Ireland, when the majority of the southern counties in Ireland chose to become independent

Answer 3

1922

Question 4

The name of the flag ?

Answer 4

The Union Jack

Question 5

Some ? odd million people make up the UK today. ? live in England, while ? are Scottish residents, Wales amounts to ? of the total population and Northern Ireland stands at ?

Answer 5

61
83%
9%
5%
3%

Question 6

Queen Elizabeth II ascended to the throne in ?

Answer 6

1952.

Question 7

The UK has a “?” electoral system. The candidates who receives more votes than any of the others is elected, regardless of whether or not the actually have a ? of the total votes cast

Answer 7

“first-past-the-post”

Majority.

Question 8

There are three main political parties today in the UK :

And other minor parties :

Answer 8

The Labour Party (Tony Blair, Gordon Brown)
The Conservative party (or the Tories)
The Lib Dem Party (a coalition of the Liberal and Social Democratic Parties in 1988).

The Green Party of England and Wales
The British National Party
The Communist Party of GB
The UK Independence party (UKIP)

Question 9

Devolved powers in GB :

Answer 9

An Assembly in Wales : may discuss and propose laws for vote in the UK parliament (not have the legal right to pass any laws)
A Parliament in Scotland : has limited powers to vary national income tax, have the right to pass legislation on anything that is not solely the reserve of Westimster.