Politics&Environment Flashcards
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Pluie acide
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Acid rain
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Atmosphère
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Atmosphere
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Biocarburant
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Bio-fuel
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Marée noire
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Oil spill
Black tide
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Émissions de dioxyde de carbone
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Carbon dioxide emissions
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Empreinte carbone
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Carbon footprint
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Charbon
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Coal
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Utilisations des pesticides sur les cultures
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Crop -spraying
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Décennie
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Decade
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Forage
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Drilling
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Décharge
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Dump
Landfill
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Catastrophe écologique
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Ecological disaster
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Empreinte écologique
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Ecological footprint
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Ecologie
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Ecology
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Espèces en voie de disparition
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Endangered species
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Consommation d’énergie
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Energy consumption
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Environnement
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Environment
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Politique environnementale
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Environmental policy
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Ecologique
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Environmental friendly
Eco-friendly
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Énergie fossile
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Fossil energy
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Matériaux inflammables
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Fuels
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Effet de serre
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Green housse effect
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Centrale hydraulique
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Hydraulic powerplant
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Préservation de la nature
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Naturel conservatism
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Énergie nucléaire
Nuclear power
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Agriculture biologique
Organic farming
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Polluant
Pollutant
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Centrale électrique
Powerplant, powerstation
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Sauvegarde
Preservation
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Recyclable
Recyclable
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Renouvelable
Renewable
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Penuries
Shortages
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Énergie solaire
Soldat energy
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Énergie propre
Clean energy
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Préservation
Conservation
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Déforestation
Deforestation
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Sécheresse
Drought
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Tremblement de terre
Earthquake
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Émissions
Emission
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Écologiste
Environmentalist
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Combustibles fossiles
Fossilsfuels
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Réchauffement climatique
Globalwarming
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Gaz à effet de serre
Greenhousesgases
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Coulée de boue
Mudslide
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Déchets radioactifs
Nuclear waste
| Radioactive waste
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Biologique
Organic
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Pollution
Pollution
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Recyclage
Recycling
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Sol
Soil
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Durable
Sustainable
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To Bribe
To dishonestly persuadé someone act in one’s favour by a gift or money (a bribe) or other inducement
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Carbon footprint
The total amount of carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere as a result of the activities of a particular individual, organization, or community, expressed as a carbon dioxide equivalent
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Developper
The company who creates the wind farm
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Electrical grides
An electricity network consisting of generating stations that produce electrical power, high voltage transmission lines that carry power from distant sources to demand centers, ans distribution lines that connect individual customers
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Feasability study
An assessment of the practicality of a proposed project or system
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Greenhouse gas emissions
Any release of gaseous capable of absorbing infrared radiation, thereby trapping and holding heat in the atmosphere and ultimatly causing the « greenhouse effect”
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Micro sitting
The precise location of wind farm to maximize production potential
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Offshore
Situated in seas or oceans, in the context of wind farms generally not far from a large landmass on the continental shelf
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Operator
The company who runs and maintains the wind farms
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Planning permissions
The approval needed for construction or expansion in some juridiction
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Power station generating station
An industrial facility for the generation of electric power. Most burn fossil to generate electricity, while others use nuclear power or renewable energy
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How Manu independent states make up the United States ?
50
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In 3 words, how would you describe the government of the United Sates ?
Federal, democratic, liberal
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What is the most important law of the United States ?
The one which prescribed the structure of the country
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Who prepared the Constitution, when and where ?
Convention of delegates who prepared the Constitution in 1787 in Philadelphia
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How many amendments have been approved since 1791 ?
27
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What is the Bill of Rights ?
Serie of 10th amendment which protects rights of citizens like the right to freedom of religion, speech, press or the right to bear arms
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What is the Amendment I is about ?
About freedom of press, religion and speech
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What is the amendment 2 about ?
About the right to keep and bear arms
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What are the two most principles underlying the Constitution
Separation of powers and checks and balances
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Principle of checks and balances
To prevent a tyrannous concentration of power
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What are the three branches of government?
Legislative, executive, judicial
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Impeachment
The process by the one the President, the Vice President and all civil officials of the United States may be removed
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What are the two houses of the government called ?
Senate and The House of Representatives
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Who is the head of the US Army
President is the Connander in Chief of the Army
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How many years can the President remain in power ?
Can be elected 2 times : 2x4 years
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Do citizens elect the president directly ?
They don’t. Citizens elect electors who choose the President and the Vice President
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What is the electoral college ?
The electoral college is the group of electors who choose the President
Elected by citizens
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What are the two main parties called ?
Democrats and Republicans
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What animals represent these parties ?
Republicans: elephant
Democrats: donkey
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Simple present
Forme : bv + s à la troisième personne du singulier
Habits
True in the present
General facts/truths
Future timetables/schedules
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Présent Pregressive
Forme : be + bv-ing
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Happening now
Temporary actions
Longer actions in Progress now
Fixed plans
Trends
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Exceptions : agree, be, like, love, hate, hear, know, fear, imagine, see, realize, remember, need, prefer...
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Éolienne
Wind farm
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What type of government does the UK have ?
Parliamentary democracy
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Who can vote in the UK ?
Every adult
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What is the name of the current monarch ?
Elizabeth II
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Who is the president of the UK ?
There is no president
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Why do we say that the UK constitution is “uncodified” ?
It is not only one document
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What is the name of the current prime minister?
Boris Johnson
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What is the Magna Carta ?
The oldest document of the British Constitution
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What is the defining principle of the British Constitution?
Parliamentary sovereignty
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How many branches is the government divided into ?
Three
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Name the houses making up the British parliament
The House of Commons
| The House of Lords
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Who are the MPs ?
Members of Commons
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Are lords elected ?
No
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What is the function of Lords ?
Making and shaping laws and checking and challenging the work of the government
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Which of these two groups of people can propose new taxes ?
Members of Commons
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What are the names of the most important political parties ?
The Tory (conservative) Party and the Labour Party
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Which of the two is left wing ?
The Labour Party
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Which of them is connected with trade unions and which one with business?
The LabourParty is connected with trade unions
| The Tory Party is connected with business
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Which of the two holds the power now ?
The Tory Party
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Constitutional monarchy
The established monarch remains politically impartial and has limited power, apart from that of appointing the Prime Minister
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Parliamentary democracy
Government is voted into power by universal suffrage to act in the interests of the people
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House of Commons
Elected representatives
Makes law
Members of Parliament
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House of Lords
Debates law
Prime’s Minister recommendation, Queen’s appointment
Hereditary peers
