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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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18
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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

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Nuclear power

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Agriculture biologique

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Organic farming

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Polluant

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Pollutant

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Centrale électrique

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Powerplant, powerstation

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Sauvegarde

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Preservation

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Recyclable

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Recyclable

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Renouvelable

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Renewable

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Penuries

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Shortages

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Énergie solaire

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Soldat energy

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Énergie propre

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Clean energy

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Préservation

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Conservation

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Déforestation

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Deforestation

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Sécheresse

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Drought

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Tremblement de terre

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Earthquake

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Émissions

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Emission

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Écologiste

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Environmentalist

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Combustibles fossiles

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Fossilsfuels

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42
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Réchauffement climatique

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Globalwarming

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Gaz à effet de serre

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Greenhousesgases

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Coulée de boue

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Mudslide

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Déchets radioactifs

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Nuclear waste

Radioactive waste

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Biologique

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Organic

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Pollution

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Pollution

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Recyclage

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Recycling

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Sol

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Soil

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Durable

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Sustainable

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To Bribe

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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

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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

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The company who creates the wind farm

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Electrical grides

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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

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An assessment of the practicality of a proposed project or system

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Greenhouse gas emissions

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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

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The precise location of wind farm to maximize production potential

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Offshore

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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

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The company who runs and maintains the wind farms

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Planning permissions

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The approval needed for construction or expansion in some juridiction

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Power station generating station

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An industrial facility for the generation of electric power. Most burn fossil to generate electricity, while others use nuclear power or renewable energy

62
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How Manu independent states make up the United States ?

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50

63
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In 3 words, how would you describe the government of the United Sates ?

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Federal, democratic, liberal

64
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What is the most important law of the United States ?

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The one which prescribed the structure of the country

65
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Who prepared the Constitution, when and where ?

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Convention of delegates who prepared the Constitution in 1787 in Philadelphia

66
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How many amendments have been approved since 1791 ?

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27

67
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What is the Bill of Rights ?

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Serie of 10th amendment which protects rights of citizens like the right to freedom of religion, speech, press or the right to bear arms

68
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What is the Amendment I is about ?

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About freedom of press, religion and speech

69
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What is the amendment 2 about ?

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About the right to keep and bear arms

70
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What are the two most principles underlying the Constitution

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Separation of powers and checks and balances

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Principle of checks and balances

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To prevent a tyrannous concentration of power

72
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What are the three branches of government?

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Legislative, executive, judicial

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Impeachment

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The process by the one the President, the Vice President and all civil officials of the United States may be removed

74
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What are the two houses of the government called ?

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Senate and The House of Representatives

75
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Who is the head of the US Army

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President is the Connander in Chief of the Army

76
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How many years can the President remain in power ?

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Can be elected 2 times : 2x4 years

77
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Do citizens elect the president directly ?

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They don’t. Citizens elect electors who choose the President and the Vice President

78
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What is the electoral college ?

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The electoral college is the group of electors who choose the President
Elected by citizens

79
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What are the two main parties called ?

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Democrats and Republicans

80
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What animals represent these parties ?

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Republicans: elephant
Democrats: donkey

81
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Simple present

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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

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Forme : be + bv-ing

Happening now
Temporary actions
Longer actions in Progress now
Fixed plans
Trends

Exceptions : agree, be, like, love, hate, hear, know, fear, imagine, see, realize, remember, need, prefer…

83
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Éolienne

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Wind farm

84
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What type of government does the UK have ?

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Parliamentary democracy

85
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Who can vote in the UK ?

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Every adult

86
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What is the name of the current monarch ?

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Elizabeth II

87
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Who is the president of the UK ?

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There is no president

88
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Why do we say that the UK constitution is “uncodified” ?

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It is not only one document

89
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What is the name of the current prime minister?

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Boris Johnson

90
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What is the Magna Carta ?

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The oldest document of the British Constitution

91
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What is the defining principle of the British Constitution?

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Parliamentary sovereignty

92
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How many branches is the government divided into ?

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Three

93
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Name the houses making up the British parliament

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The House of Commons

The House of Lords

94
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Who are the MPs ?

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Members of Commons

95
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Are lords elected ?

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No

96
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What is the function of Lords ?

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Making and shaping laws and checking and challenging the work of the government

97
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Which of these two groups of people can propose new taxes ?

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Members of Commons

98
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What are the names of the most important political parties ?

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The Tory (conservative) Party and the Labour Party

99
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Which of the two is left wing ?

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The Labour Party

100
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Which of them is connected with trade unions and which one with business?

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The LabourParty is connected with trade unions

The Tory Party is connected with business

101
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Which of the two holds the power now ?

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The Tory Party

102
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Constitutional monarchy

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The established monarch remains politically impartial and has limited power, apart from that of appointing the Prime Minister

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Parliamentary democracy

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Government is voted into power by universal suffrage to act in the interests of the people

104
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House of Commons

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Elected representatives
Makes law
Members of Parliament

105
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House of Lords

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Debates law
Prime’s Minister recommendation, Queen’s appointment
Hereditary peers

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