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Paper-2 miss cousins Flashcards

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When was the human rights act (HRA) passed

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The human rights act was passed in 1998 and came to effect in 2000

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What are British values

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The British values are democracy rule of law individual liberty and tolerance

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What are rights

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Rights are the legal binding of social and ethical entitlements that are considered the building blocks of society

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What are morals

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Morals are the rules that govern which actions are believed to be right and wrong

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What are duties/responsibilities

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Duties/responsibilities relate to those responsibilities placed upon its citizens by a society

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What are freedoms

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Freedoms are the power or right to speak and act or think as one wants

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What does equality mean

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Equality is where all individuals are treated equally

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Give an example of a right and define it

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The right to freedom of speech means that you can say anything as long as it doesn’t provoke violence in others

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Give an example of a duty

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An example of a duty is paying taxes as this is not optional and is enforced by law

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Give an example of an act that lead to a more equal society

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The Equality Acts in 2006 and 2010 lead to women being more equal to men

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What is the difference between identity and group identity

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Identity is the characteristics that define a individual and a group identity is the identity of being associated with a group

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Give three factors that may change your identity

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All the factors that may change your identity are gender, education, race, employment, family, peer group, ethnic group, location, social class, culture, religion, media

As long three are said than it is correct

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Give two factors that may overlap your group identity and individual identity

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Employment, peer group, religion

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What is immigration

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Immigration is where people are moving TO a certain place

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What is emigration

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Emigration is where people are moving AWAY from a certain place

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What is net migration

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Net migration is the difference between those leaving and arriving in a certain place

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What did David Cameron say that immigrants should be able to do in order to be in the UK

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He said they should speak English

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What did David Cameron bring into British schools

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He brought in Britishness classes and said that British history had to be taught till GCSEs

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What was the first option of the future path of multiculturalism

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The first option was ethnic groups should integrate into society and they begin to influence the dominant culture and eventually the culture evolves

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What does multiple identity mean and give an example

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Multiple identity is where a person may adopt an identity based on different events. For example a Arsenal fan that grew up in France will support Arsenal against Lyon but France against England as that is where they are from

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What was the highest percentage of the survey that was done to see what was important to be British

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It was to speak English and 95% thought that this was needed

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What is traditional media

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Traditional media is the printed format such as newspapers and magazines and now includes radio and TV

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What is new media

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New media consists of internet related means of communication. New media holds out a possibility of on-demand access to content at anytime anywhere

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What is e-media

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E-media is all forms of media that use an electronic device. E stands for electronic

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What is social media

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Social media is anything that can be accessed by many people for example Twitter Facebook

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What is mass media

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Mass media is communicating to a large audience at once at the same point in time

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What is censorship

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Censorship is where the people in power stop news from reaching the public. For example spies names and locations are not allowed to get into the media as it could put their life in danger

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What does IPSO stand for and do

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The IPSO stands for independent press standards organisation and self regulates most newspapers in the uk

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What is the UN

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The UN is a group of 51 countries that was established in 1945 after WW2 so that things like the holocaust would never happen again

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What makes up the security council

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The security council is made from the 5 founding members of the UN that have permanent seats and 10 elected countries that have terms on the council before having to be re-elected

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What is a veto

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A veto is the ability to vote down any decision

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What does NATO stand for

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NATO stands for the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

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What is NATO

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NATO is an intergovernmental military defence alliance

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