Physical Geography
Nicknamed "Land of the Midnight Sun"
What is Scandinavia?
How many members in the House of Commons and House of Lords
What is...
House of Commons: 650
House of Lords: 700-800
Head of State and Head of Government of the UK
Who is King Charles III & Prime Minister Kier Starmer?
The country with the largest % of Muslims in Western Europe?
What is France?
The separation of church & state
What is secularism?
Deep inlet with steep cliffs into the country from the ocean
What is a fjord?
Two duties of the Head of State of the UK
What is...
1) Opening & Closing Parliament
2) Royal Assent
3) Royal Patronage
The weakest economy in Western Europe
Historical era also known as the "Age of Reason"
What is the Enlightenment?
Adopting the beliefs, values, and behaviors of another people group as your own
What is cultural assimilation?
Climate that dominates much of Greenland and Iceland
What is Tundra?
Difference between devolved and reserved powers and examples of both.
Reserved Powers: Powers granted to the national government (UK parliament). Ex: foreign affairs, defense
Devolved Powers: Powers granted to the regional governments by the national government. Ex: education, healthcare
The voting system used to elect Members of Parliament (MPs) & how it works
- Candidate with the most votes wins the seat
What is Feudalism?
What is the Swiss National Redoubt?
Term for the how the northern European climates are affected by the warm ocean currents coming from the Gulf of Mexico (America)
What is the North Atlantic Drift?
The three different types of members who serve in the House of Lords
What is...
1. Life Peers
2. Hereditary Peers
3. Bishops of the Church of England
The primary difference between Democratic Socialists and Social Democrats
What is...
- Democratic Socialists: Completely change/replace a capitalist economic system to a socialist system
- Social Democrats: Reform capitalism (regulate it)
Primary difference between Atheists and Agnostics
What is...
Atheists: There is no God
Agnostics: We can't be sure if there is a God
Difference between economic immigrants and refugees?
What is...
Economic immigrants: in search of economic opportunities elsewhere
Refugees: escaping war or persecution
Difference between Great Britain and the UK
What is...
UK: political term referring to four countries(Scotland, England, Wales, and Northern Ireland) under one government.
Great Britain: geographic term referring to the largest island within the British Isles (Scotland, England, and Wales)
The three regulatory bodies of the EU
What is the...
1) European Commission
2) European Parliament
3) European Court of Justice
Three benefits of the EU
What is...
1) Access to a massive market
2) Increased trade and growth
3) Lower prices (competition)
4) Global influence
Which two revolutions were instigated by the works of political philosophers who wrote during the "Age of Reason"?
The American and French Revolutions
The term for when the governments assumes primary responsibility for its citizen's wellbeing