THE+BRITISH+ELECTORAL+SYSTEM


 * Do you recognize these people?**

**THE BRITISH GENERAL ELECTION 2010**
 * Before venturing out on the web…do you know the answers to these questions?**

1. Is there a written constitution in Britain? 2. What are the functions of the British Sovereign (The King or Queen)?

media type="youtube" key="OXOSE_8HLYs" height="405" width="500" THE PARLIAMENT 3. What is the House of Commons? 4. What is the House of Lords? 5. What is the Cabinet? 6. Explain the abbreviations MP and PM.

THE UK ELECTORAL SYSTEM 7. What is a general election and how is it organized? 8. How often is a General election called? 9. What is a constituency? 10. What is the ‘electorate’? 11. How is an MP elected? 12. What is a [|‘hung parliament’]? 13. Who becomes Prime Minister? 14. Name the three major political parties in Britain and their party leaders. 15. Find out where they [|stand on three different issues] 16. Name political party from Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland 17. Explain the simple majority system/ the first-past-the-post system

· To call a general election · to ‘go to the country’ · to dissolve Parliament · Constitution · Constituency · Electorate · first –past -the-post system · a safe seat · a marginal seat [|The British System of Government]
 * USEFUL WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS** – Can you explain them to a classmate…in English?!

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