Theme A: Living together in the UK Flashcards
What factors might define a persons identity?
ethnicity, religion, gender, age, social, cultural, national, regional
What are features of the British national identity?
following rules, queuing, fish and chips, bonfire night, sunday roast
How might people express their religious identity?
clothes they were, symbols, attending places of worship, how they prepare food
How might a woman’s identity change during her life?
Marriage, pregnancy and motherhood, changes to work patterns to care for the family
What official documents prove identity in the UK?
Passport, driving licence, National Insurance number
Give an example of a multiple identity:
Dual nationality, being a man and homosexual, being a mother and a daughter
Give an example of how having a multiple identity might cause conflict:
Dual nationality and war breaks out between those two nations, being gay and Catholic
What are the four nations of the UK?
England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales
What happened in Scotland in 2014 that caused debate about Scottish identity?
Independence referendum
What % of the Scottish public voted in favour of independence from Britain in 2014?
0.447
The 2022 census revealed the British population was what size?
67 million
The 2022 census revealed that how many pensioners lived in the UK?
11 million
What % of the population identified as white in the 2022 census?
0.8
What % of the population identified as Christian in the 2022 census?
0.46
What % of the population identified as non-religious in the 2022 census?
0.38
What might be the impact of an aging population?
- pressure on NHS
- pressure on housing
- expansion of age related disease - dementia
Define: economic migrant
Moved to a new country for employment
Examples of pull factors
NHS, education system, stronger economy, jobs, family links, English language
Examples of push factors
climate change, natural disasters, racism, war, political persecution, religious persecution
Which group of people moved to the UK in the 1840s due to the potato famine in their own country?
Irish
Why did many Jews migrate to the UK in the 1930s/40s?
Persecution from Hitler’s Germany
What name was given to migrants from the Caribbean who came to Britain from 1948 to help work in the NHS?
Windrush Generation
Why did many Ukrainians migrate to the UK in 2022?
Russian invasion of Ukraine
What legal commitments does the UK have to migrants?
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
European Court of Human Rights
Human Rights Act
What challenges might migrants face when they arrive in the UK?
Trauma, language difficulties, discrimination and racism, finding employment, leaving family behind
When did Britain vote to leave the European Union in “Brexit”?
2016
