stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
COMPGOV: United Kingdom Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
COMPGOV: United Kingdom
COMPGOV: United Kingdom
35 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
80 plays
Imported from external platform
Flashcards
35 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
35
Answers
1
Which of the following is a key source of legitimacy for the British government?
Election of 2010
Margaret Thatcher
gradualism
Election of 2005
2
What is regarded as the most significant cleavage in Britain today?
age among voters
ethnic class
social class
racial class
3
Rock band?
Def Leppard
Metallica
Pearl Jam
Tom Petty and Heartbreakers
4
Which of the following best describes the United Kingdom's political system?
authoritarian monarchy
constitutional monarchy
democratic monarchy
totalitarian
5
Which two political parties currently form the coalition government in Great Britain?
Labor/Lib.Dems
SNP/UKIP
Labour/Tories
Lib.Dems/Tories
6
Rock band?
Nine Inch Nails
Foo Fighters
ZZ Top
Coldplay
7
The prime minister is answerable to House of Commons and be dismissed by it as well.
neoliberalism
parliamentary sovereignty
parliamentary democracy
cabinet government
8
What are the two main political parties in the British electoral system?
Tories, Conservatives
Lib.Dems.,Tories
Labour, Lib.Dems.
Tories, Labour
9
Who is the current Prime Minister of Great Britain?
John Major
David Cameron
Nick Clegg
Gordon Brown
10
Which of the following accurately describes the makeup of Great Britain?
England, Scotland, Wales
Scotland, Ireland, Wals
Wales, Northern Ireland
England, Wales
11
Rock band?
Ramones
Fleetwood Mac
Rage Against the Machine
Green Day
12
Who is the current prime minister of Great Britain?
Edward Balls
David Cameron
Ashton Down
John Major
13
What are MPs of the governing party with no government office called?
quangos
neoliberals
Bankbenchers
Thatcherites
14
Rock band?
Pink Floyd
The Who
Led Zeppelin
The Rolling Stones
15
This term describes the period of cooperation between Labour and Conservatives?
Age of Good Feelings
Collectivist Consensus
The Third Way
Age of Strife
16
Rock band?
KISS
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Judas Priest
Queen
17
Rock band?
Velvet Underground
Deep Purple
The Police
Allman Brothers Band
18
Responsible for specific functions combining governmental and private sector expertise.
Quangos
RDA's
NGO's
ECHR
19
Known as the "Iron Lady," she was Britain's prime minister from 1979-1990:
Margaret Thatcher
Yvette Cooper
Theresa May
Elizabeth II
20
What kind of state is Great Britain?
neoclassical
unitary
collectivist
federal
21
This emphasizes that democracy rests on the supreme authority of a legislature, Parliament.
Westminster Model
Keynesian Model
neoliberalism
Monetarist Theory
22
Which government body has a wholly unelected body?
House of Lords
House of Commons
UK Supreme Court
Office of the Queen
23
Which of the following electoral systems is used to select members of Parliament?
FPTP
PR
first-party run off
Alternative Vote (AV)
24
Which of the following extended suffrage to male middle class British citizens in 1832?
Franchise Act
the Reform Act
Representation of the Peoples Act
English Bill of Rights
25
Which of the following economic orientations emerged during the 1980s under Margaret Thatcher?
Keynesian
Classical
Monetarism
Supply-side
26
Concept describing Parliament as supreme legislative, executive, and judicial authority.
parliamentary democracy
fusion of powers
parliamentary sovereignty
unitarianism
27
A set of policies designed to provide health insurance, pensions, unemployment, etc.
welfare state
common law policies
parliamentary policies
code law policies
28
A situation following election when no single party gains a majority in the House of Commons.
FPTP
split parliament
hung parliament
second-party run off
29
Responsible for creating "New Labour," he became prime minister in 1997.
Ed Milliband
Gordon Brown
Tony Blair
David Cameron
30
Country that controls alliances, international economic order, and shapes domestic politics:
super power
alliance power
permanent state
hegemonic power
31
Who is the current opposition leader in Parliament?
Jeremy Corbyn
Gordon Brown
David Cameron
Tony Blair
32
Best guitar player in best rock band ever. Period. End of Story.
Jon Bon Jovi
Eddie Van Halen
Angus Young
Slash
33
Which of the following sought independence from the United Kingdom last September?
N. Ireland
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
34
By the late 1700's, which of the following transformed the British state and way of life?
Reform Acts of 1832
Industrial Revolution
The English Bill of Rights
Magna Carta
35
Who succeeded Margaret Thatcher as prime minister in 1990?
Winston Churchill
John Major
Ashton Down
Nicola Stergeon
