Themes and Implications

Question 1

Britain was able to control the terms of trade and master political alliances during the nineteenth century. True or False

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The fact that Britain still sits as a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council and a leading member of the world’s select club of nuclear powers makes it a world power and not just a second tier country, argue Kesselman, et. al. True or False

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Many countries in Europe, including Britain, have adopted a common currency, the euro, to further integrate its economies. True or False

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Britain almost always plays second fiddle in its special relationship to the United States, which has exposed British foreign policy to extraordinary pressures. True or False

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Since the dawn of Britain’s Industrial Revolution, prosperity at home has relied on superior competitiveness abroad. True or False

Answer 5

True

Question 6

The majority of British public reject monarchy outright and want this undemocratic institution with its scandalous family removed from the public trough altogether. True or False

Answer 6

False*

Question 7

Through the immigration of former colonial subjects to the United Kingdom, decolonization has created a multiracial and multiethnic society. True or False

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Unlike Gordon Brown, David Cameron comes across as pompous, arrogant, and ill-at-ease whenever being challenged by reporters, unwilling to expose any part of his personal life. True or False

Answer 8

A

Question 9

Britain has served as a model of gradual and peaceful evolution of democratic government in a world where transitions to democracy are often turbulent, interrupted, and uncertain. True or False

Answer 9

True

Question 10

To allow markets to act freely, with a minimum of state regulation: a) laissez faire, b) keynesian, c) demand management, d) mixed economy.

Answer 10

a) laissez faire

Question 11

A form of democracy based on the supreme authority of Parliament and the accountability of its elected representatives: a) Federalism, b) Confederation, c) Westminster model, d) Checks and Balances.

Answer 11

c) Westmister model

Question 12

A term used to describe government policies aiming to promote free competition among business firms within the market, including reduced governmental regulation and social spending: a) cultural conservatism, b) classical republicanism, c) dialectical materialism, d) neoliberalism.

Answer 12

d) neoliberalism

Question 13

The British election of 2010 was: a) won by the Conservative party, b) won by the Labour Party, c) won by the Liberal Democratic party, d) In a sense, no party won the election.

Answer 13

d) In a sense, no party won the election.

Question 14

Britain’s current Prime Minister, David Cameron, comes from: a) a lower middle-class family where religious faith and moral values were emphasized, b) a family where substance abuse and instability were rampant, c) a privileged background with a stock-broker father, having attended elite schools. d) the nobility where is grandfather was a viscount and great-grandfather was an earl.

Answer 14

c) a privileged background with a stock-broker father, having attended elite schools

Question 15

What was the primary reason why Tony Blair lost the support of his party and was forced to hand over the reins of government to Gordon Brown? a) his habitual infidelity and lack of honesty, b) his willingness to compromise and be coopted by the Conservative party, c) his support for the war in Iraq, d) his inability to connect with the British electorate.

Answer 15

c) his support for the war in Ira

Question 16

How did Britain fall to second-tier status in the global arena of nation-states?

a) Its formal empire began to shrink between the two world wars (1919–1939) as the “white 	dominions” of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_, Australia, and New Zealand gained independence.
b) During World War II and after, Britain’s Asian, \_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_, and African colonies 	increased pressure for political reforms that would lead to independence.
c) Beginning with the formal independence of \_\_\_\_\_\_ and \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ in 1947, an enormous 	empire had dissolved in less than twenty years.

Answer 16

a) Canada
b) Middle Eastern
c) India, Pakistan

Question 17

Britain was:

a) the first country to \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_,
b) for much of the 19th century the world's most \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ \_\_\_\_\_\_, with a fast 	network of colonies throughout the world,
d) also the first nation to develop an effective \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ democracy.

Answer 17

a) industrialize
b) dominant power
d) parliamentary